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60. Lifelong Red Sox fan. I will never forgive Pete Rose or Bob Gibson

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 01:52 PM

Oct 2024

for their 4 games to 3 World Series victory over the Sox in 1975! A heartbreaker!

Otherwise, I have mixed feelings about Rose, both as a ball player and a person. His “hustle” sometimes appeared to be more showmanship to me at least.

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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