Heyman: Rob Manfred Will ‘Seriously Consider’ Reinstating Pete Rose

[Indrid Cold]

Sounds like he's paid his dues

Pete went through Manfred's wallet while he was busy with Kiana...

 

[Cyder]

Pete went through Manfred's wallet while he was busy with Kiana...

He had no choice, he was going to the track after the meeting

 

[Indrid Cold]

He had no choice, he was going to the track after the meeting

I bet you're right!

 

[Cyder]

I bet you're right!

The odds are good

 

[Cedrique]

At the time Rose signed away his eligibility and the investigation was halted, Dowd apparently had documents that did show that Rose bet against his team and was in the process of verifying it.

ESPN.com: MLB - Dowd: Rose 'probably' bet against Reds while manager

Well, that is something they need to revisit then. If they can show some strong evidence there then he should not be in.

 

[Indrid Cold]

The odds are good

The Pete-Kiana sex tape was expected to be a big viral hit, but people were disappointed that it consisted of Pete falling asleep while taking his slippers off and Kiana using his hand to sign a new will for him.

 

[williewilliejuan]

Well, that is something they need to revisit then. If they can show some strong evidence there then he should not be in.

The passage of time will make that next to impossible.

 

[williewilliejuan]

The Pete-Kiana sex tape was expected to be a big viral hit, but people were disappointed that it consisted of Pete falling asleep while taking his slippers off and Kiana using his hand to sign a new will for him.

The headfirst slide into her swamp patch was a nice touch.

 

[Cedrique]

Not that simple....even if you just bet on your own team to win, it distorts your incentives. Do you try harder in games you bet on? Do you burn your bullpens in those games? And the real danger is if you are a degenerate gambler like that (and you are if you take that risk) you'll end up owing some not very classy people a lot of money and perhaps then they ask you to do things to pay them back.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they should make gambling legal and he shouldn't be seriously punished (which he has been), but as it is baseball has many, many other perverse incentives as it is. You have contract incentives, vesting options and all kind of other factors that may make the front office convince a manager to use certain players in certain situations that may not give them their best chance of winning. And if that manager has made bad financial decisions completely unrelated to gambling he may still make those decisions he knows are not the best ones for the game he is managing in order to keep his job.

 

[Cedrique]

The passage of time will make that next to impossible.

Well I'd just like to see what he had to make him think he was "close". Is Dowd still alive?

 

[calsnowskier]

Well, that is something they need to revisit then. If they can show some strong evidence there then he should not be in.

Or they can just stick with the compromise that EVERYONE AGREED to, and keep Rose banned for life.

Rose agreed to this. This was not imposed on him. He signed the document with his very own hand. Of his own free will.

Why break that agreement?

 

[Cyder]

Or they can just stick with the compromise that EVERYONE AGREED to, and keep Rose banned for life.

Rose agreed to this. This was not imposed on him. He signed the document with his very own hand. Of his own free will.

Why break that agreement?

So we don't have to see these threads anymore?

 

[msgkings322]

So we don't have to see these threads anymore?

Of course then the thread flood will be 'Pete Rose should NOT be in the Hall!!!!'

 

[calsnowskier]

So we don't have to see these threads anymore?

Or...

We just stop creating the threads.

See? Lots of solutions out there

 

[Cyder]

Of course then the thread flood will be 'Pete Rose should NOT be in the Hall!!!!'

Of course there would. Sometimes the simple things elude me

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I'm betting he gets into the HOF in the next 2-3 yrs.

 

[DJ Fieri]

As he should be.

 

[DJ Fieri]

If life is a bowl of shit I don't want a spoon.

Ugh.

 

[williewilliejuan]

As he should be.

He broke the one rule in baseball that every single player knows he can't break. He got caught and lied about it for years, even after accepting his lifetime ban. Fuck Pete Rose. They can induct his urn after he's dead.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

@ that Barroid Bonds apologist ^