Pete Rose

[95coug]

Why is Trump talking about a pardon for Rose? He didn’t break any laws, so a presidential pardon seems meaningless…not to mention being something the government really shouldn’t be spending time on.

And, if it does have an effect….should the president really be directly monkeying with the inner workings of a private organization?

Personally, I think Rose should be in the HOF. Gambling on games doesn’t change his accomplishments on the field. Alex Karras and Paul Hornung were both suspended for betting on NFL games during their careers, they’re both in the hall. Ty Cobb was an awful human and a dirty player, he’s in the hall. Cap Anson was almost single-handedly responsible for the MLB being segregated for 50 years, he’s in the hall. Whitey Ford has openly admitted to doctoring balls and cheating in games, he’s in the hall. This is an area where there’s not just a double standard….there’s a barely predictable sliding scale of what the rules are for each person. It’s should be just about what they did on the field.

 

[dgibbons]

Why is Trump talking about a pardon for Rose? He didn’t break any laws, so a presidential pardon seems meaningless…not to mention being something the government really shouldn’t be spending time on.

And, if it does have an effect….should the president really be directly monkeying with the inner workings of a private organization?

Personally, I think Rose should be in the HOF. Gambling on games doesn’t change his accomplishments on the field. Alex Karras and Paul Hornung were both suspended for betting on NFL games during their careers, they’re both in the hall. Ty Cobb was an awful human and a dirty player, he’s in the hall. Cap Anson was almost single-handedly responsible for the MLB being segregated for 50 years, he’s in the hall. Whitey Ford has openly admitted to doctoring balls and cheating in games, he’s in the hall. This is an area where there’s not just a double standard….there’s a barely predictable sliding scale of what the rules are for each person. It’s should be just about what they did on the field.

Rose is also dead. I'll offer three theories:

1. If you're of the believe that Trump is a supervillain, obviously the reason is to expand pardon power.

2. An information campaign. Trump knows that a panel on MSNBC, CNN, NBC News, CBS News and ABC News, will have to vigorously debate how this will destroy the world, and its meant to distract the media from whatever villainy he is truly up to.

3. I am assuming this was Truthed (or whatever). The intern running the account has to hit the daily quota.

 

[UberCougars]

And just like that Pete Rose has been moved from the ineligible list.

 

[CougEd]

Rose is also dead. I'll offer three theories:

1. If you're of the believe that Trump is a supervillain, obviously the reason is to expand pardon power.

2. An information campaign. Trump knows that a panel on MSNBC, CNN, NBC News, CBS News and ABC News, will have to vigorously debate how this will destroy the world, and its meant to distract the media from whatever villainy he is truly up to.

3. I am assuming this was Truthed (or whatever). The intern running the account has to hit the daily quota.

Super villain ... hmmm. Thinking he doesnt understand about baseball, HOF, and what Rose did was not something that needs to be pardoned. So number 4) Just sounds like a dumbass. .

 

[95coug]

And just like that Pete Rose has been moved from the ineligible list.

Not yet, but it’s under consideration. Still don’t see that the president should have any bearing, or should waste his time on things like this.

 

[UberCougars]

It’s baseball season. He has a lot of baseball friends. He spoke. It stirred you enough to start a thread about it as it did the entire baseball world.

Took about a minute? Putin, Zelenskyy, Lindsey Graham, Rachel Maddow, Starmer, AOC, Ed, DGibbons, Willie, none of them seem distracted by Trump tweeting about Baseball. 🤷‍♂️

 

[AlwaysSpokanesFault]

Let him into the HOF, put a note on the plaque about his betting and be done with it. Same for A-Rod, Clemens, McGuire and Bonds, albeit with pharmaceutical abuse notes. I mean, Ty Cobb is in and he was an abomination of a human being. It's all so ridiculous...

 

[95coug]

Let him into the HOF, put a note on the plaque about his betting and be done with it. Same for A-Rod, Clemens, McGuire and Bonds, albeit with pharmaceutical abuse notes. I mean, Ty Cobb is in and he was an abomination of a human being. It's all so ridiculous...

I’m somewhat less forgiving of A-rod, Clemens, McGwire, and Bonds. They were cheating, and they denied it (A-Rod and Clemens are also massive douchebags). But, there are other cheaters and douchebags in the hall, so I guess…