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Pete Rose RIP

Pete will now get voted into the HoF… and his bust will be next to Bart Giamanti’s.

Pete really played his cards poorly once it was proven he gambled. Bart took the position he had to take.
And when he died, Fay decreed it to be the unforgiveable sin.

I remember as a kid following his streak by trying to tune into a faint am signal on cincy radio.

Game 32 - rose walks in the eighth on a check swing and it looks he’s going 0-4. But foster hits a slam and the reds bat around. Two out in the ninth with reds up 7-2 and rose lays down a bunt, catching Mike Schmidt - the greatest bunt fielding third baseman I’ve ever seen - asleep at the wheel.
 
I'll gamble and say old age.

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Had a friend who ran into Peter R out in Vegas back many years ago.

Said he was a hoot to hang with.
They ran it up at the Blackjack tables for a while.
But Pete was pretty useless at the craps tables.

He said things got weird when they finished off at the roulette tables.
He was trying to spread out his bets around the wheel, but Pete would only bet on the 'blacks'.
His agreement with Bart Giamatti wouldn't allow him to put any bets on the reds....



(rimshot)
 
He deserves to be in the hall as a player. It's criminal he's not. I don't care that's he's a shithead of a person. He didn't bet as a player.

If they posthumously put him in,, I'll be both happy and pissed they were petty enough to wait until he died.
 
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He deserves to be in the hall as a player. It's criminal he's not. I don't care that's he's a shithead of a person. He didn't bet as a player.

If they posthumously put him in,, I'll be both happy and pissed they were petty enough to wait until he died.

Are you sure he didn't bet when he was playing??

Rumors swirled that he did.
 
He deserves to be in the hall as a player. It's criminal he's not. I don't care that's he's a shithead of a person. He didn't bet as a player.

If they posthumously put him in,, I'll be both happy and pissed they were petty enough to wait until he died.
That's why I've always thought they would put him in after he died. They gave him a lifetime ban. His lifetime is over. They should put him in.
 
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