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In reply to the discussion: Pete Rose Dead At 83 [View all]

JohnnyRingo

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53. Bah! Pete Rose tried to ruin America's Pastime.
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:36 AM
Oct 2024

Gambling on baseball when he's directly involved in the sport takes it to a level with WWE Wrestling.
We can't believe any outcome or umpire call if mobsters and bookies are paying off players to throw games. Gambling debts are the easiest way to recruit players and managers into the corruption, and a team member can bet against their own team, then cash in.

He should never be seen as a hero of the game as an example to others.

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Pete Rose Dead At 83 [View all] Mosby Sep 2024 OP
Damn, and Trump was going to pardon him . . . . . no_hypocrisy Sep 2024 #1
Why must trump be on every reply on every OP? jimfields33 Sep 2024 #2
you are the arbiter of posts? NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #4
You missed my pretty please. Reread. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #17
I did not miss anything NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #22
jimfields33 got 12 Rec's for that post Polybius Sep 2024 #32
Have thought about suggesting that DU schedule a 24 hour Trump day of silence PufPuf23 Sep 2024 #12
I doubt it could last two hours. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #18
That is why said scheduled but agreed with you. nt PufPuf23 Sep 2024 #19
Maybe because Rose was a Trump supporter SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2024 #26
One less vote. n/t aggiesal Sep 2024 #30
I'm not surprised Rose is a Trump fan since Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 2024 #38
Because Trump supported Rose in the face of his baseball gambling Bengus81 Oct 2024 #54
It's OK, his buddy Mr. McMahon already inducted Rose in the WWE Hall of Fame Montauk6 Sep 2024 #27
Other teams feared him and rightfully so. He was one of the best. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #3
he was a jerk who ruined a catcher's career in an All-Star game NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #6
He and his wife were both jerks to many people JoseBalow Sep 2024 #16
Peter Edward Rose underpants Sep 2024 #9
Damn. A huge part of my early life. underpants Sep 2024 #5
Great baseball player ... SarcasticSatyr Sep 2024 #7
I was thinking the same thing TexasBushwhacker Oct 2024 #61
He'll probably get inducted into Cooperstown now Zorro Sep 2024 #8
Hopefully not before Shoeless Joe Jackson. DJ Synikus Makisimus Sep 2024 #11
I hope never. valleyrogue Sep 2024 #31
Nope. Never. AltairIV Sep 2024 #24
Actor Paul Giamatti was the son of MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti ... aggiesal Sep 2024 #34
See ya, Pete. You were really good, but why did you stain your rep? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #10
Probably because he had a gambling addiction. maxsolomon Sep 2024 #20
Exactly. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #21
Should pay for betting on baseball. I would not care about his betting on anything else. NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #23
He did pay. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #58
Pete Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #13
Got a late timms139 Sep 2024 #14
That was unexpected BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #15
Thanks for the memories My Friend BOSSHOG Sep 2024 #28
"Hopefully another such picture forthcoming." BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #46
Do you remember the 64 Season? BOSSHOG Oct 2024 #49
No but I can imagine BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #50
May Pete Rose Rest in Peace and May his Memory be a Blessing. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2024 #25
Memory of him is the farthest thing from a blessing. NoRethugFriends Oct 2024 #51
Saw him in Vegas once.. raising2moredems Sep 2024 #29
Great player but corrupt to the bone. ZonkerHarris Sep 2024 #33
On the bright side (for him), his lifetime ban is over. LudwigPastorius Sep 2024 #35
had to end sometime ZonkerHarris Sep 2024 #40
I have nothing nice to say. Lunabell Sep 2024 #36
Had he not been coaching/managing in MLB. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2024 #37
He never should have been a manager. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #59
R.I.P., but... Tarc Sep 2024 #39
Pilloried for gambling yet last year MLB announced that Fan Duel was their Sports Betting Partner MichMan Sep 2024 #41
There's quite a difference between fans betting on games and participants betting on games. LudwigPastorius Sep 2024 #42
I'm guessing you missed this current fiasco BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #47
Rose was undoubtedly a great baseball player, but he deserved the lifetime ban. Music Man Oct 2024 #43
So many of the same ones moniss Oct 2024 #44
I didn't know he was that old. I would have guessed he was born in 1950. LeftInTX Oct 2024 #45
They probably would have lifted his lifetime ban... ECL213 Oct 2024 #48
Johnny Bench was saying today that Rose had been offered a chance maxsolomon Oct 2024 #62
Took grandkids trick or treating last Oct vapor2 Oct 2024 #52
Bah! Pete Rose tried to ruin America's Pastime. JohnnyRingo Oct 2024 #53
Rose's record as one of baseball's all-time greats cannot be disputed Zambero Oct 2024 #55
Now that MLB is partnered with FanDuel, Mawspam2 Oct 2024 #56
The NFL radically changed player rules about gambling Mosby Oct 2024 #57
Lifelong Red Sox fan. I will never forgive Pete Rose or Bob Gibson KPN Oct 2024 #60
Well, you got your WS wins in the Aughts, and then some. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #63
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