Rose: A-Rod still deserves Hall of Fame nod

Rose simply want precedent set. "Well A-ROD is in and he cheated. I just bet on my own team."

Well, PETE ROSE is saying it/

Now there's an endorsement...

If A Rod was Rose he would still be denying he did anything with a needle hanging out of his arm. All Rose had to do was admit it, since he didn't bet against his team he would have been forgiven, he would have gotten a suspension and he'd be in the Hall already.
Another idiot.

"I'm willing to give a guy a second chance,"

Sounds like someone begging. Too bad he is too stupid to realize that just admitting it and saying he was sorry would probably let him in. Although, I don't think the old-timers that vote on the veterans committee want anything to do with him, given his silly grandstanding on induction weekend for the last bunch of years.

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Originally posted 08:10 AM ET  05.14 by Schadenfreude - Rolling Donuts

"I'm willing to give a guy a second chance,"Sounds like someone begging. Too bad he is too stupid to realize that just admitting it and saying he was sorry would probably let him in. Although, I don't think the old-timers that vote on the veterans committee want anything to do with him, given his silly grandstanding on induction weekend for the last bunch of years.

People who grew up watching him play would let him in eventually. The old timers are dying off, that's how Rice got in despite pizzing off everyone he came across.
Rice did a couple of events with a radio station up here (Charity stuff related to the Hall, Gossage was the other guest of honor) and you could tell he was trying to be nice but he still came across as an incredible tool. I still don't know why that should make a difference

Kind of like having John Dillonger co-sign a loan for Bonnie and Clyde.

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Originally posted 08:22 AM ET  05.14 by Justin Cyder

People who grew up watching him play would let him in eventually. The old timers are dying off, that's how Rice got in despite pizzing off everyone he came across. Rice did a couple of events with a radio station up here (Charity stuff related to the Hall, Gossage was the other guest of honor) and you could tell he was trying to be nice but he still came across as an incredible tool. I still don't know why that should make a difference

Sports writers who got their feelings hurt. There is a guy in Boston that takes pride if he can "run someone out of Boston".

"Would I vote for A-Rod right now based on his record?" Rose said. "Right now, I would. Manny Ramirez? He's not quite there, but he'll get there."

This makes absolutely no sense. What "record" of A-Rod's does he speak of? Is he referring to his statistics thus far? If so, then Manny Ramirez no doubt deserves to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. I don't think Rose even knows what's coming out of his mouth with the verbal garbage spewing from it.

Charlie Hustle(r), one of the more contemptable characters in MLB in the last 40 or 50 years. I wonder if the veterans commitee will let him in once he's dead? Seems like the only way for baseball to acknowledge his playing accomplishments while saving face concerning his ban.
I just can'ty work up the same amount of loathing for Arod as I do for Rose. At this point I tend to feel sorry for the guy a little. It just seems like he tries too hard to be liked and comes off as a phony.

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Originally posted 08:26 AM ET  05.14 by Schadenfreude - Rolling Donuts

Sports writers who got their feelings hurt. There is a guy in Boston that takes pride if he can "run someone out of Boston".

It's sad when writers are such tools that NY'ers and Yankees who HATED those Sox teams (Really hated, not this Youk/Joba, A Rod/Varitek little league crap) were screaming about Rice not being in.
Those teams in the 70's had real brawls. They started hating each other in the minors and brought it tothe majors.

At one point I thought Pudge and Munson were going to kill each other. Then again those Yankees were just as likely to kill each other.

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Originally posted 08:22 AM ET  05.14 by Justin Cyder

People who grew up watching him play would let him in eventually. The old timers are dying off, that's how Rice got in despite pizzing off everyone he came across. Rice did a couple of events with a radio station up here (Charity stuff related to the Hall, Gossage was the other guest of honor) and you could tell he was trying to be nice but he still came across as an incredible tool. I still don't know why that should make a difference

it seems to me that a lot sports writers don't know that much about the game. perhaps b/c many never played it?

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Originally posted 08:32 AM ET  05.14 by Rex Racer

Charlie Hustle(r), one of the more contemptable characters in MLB in the last 40 or 50 years. I wonder if the veterans commitee will let him in once he's dead? Seems like the only way for baseball to acknowledge his playing accomplishments while saving face concerning his ban.I just can'ty work up the same amount of loathing for Arod as I do for Rose. At this point I tend to feel sorry for the guy a little. It just seems like he tries too hard to be liked and comes off as a phony.

There is a display about his hits record.

A Rod comes off like a phoney because he is one. He brings it on himself for the most part.

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Originally posted 08:35 AM ET  05.14 by Me DUM DUM!

it seems to me that a lot sports writers don't know that much about the game. perhaps b/c many never played it?

It's the only way they can get their frustrations out. They're probably the same people getting banned from their kids little league games.

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Originally posted 08:22 AM ET  05.14 by Justin Cyder

People who grew up watching him play would let him in eventually. The old timers are dying off, that's how Rice got in despite pizzing off everyone he came across. Rice did a couple of events with a radio station up here (Charity stuff related to the Hall, Gossage was the other guest of honor) and you could tell he was trying to be nice but he still came across as an incredible tool. I still don't know why that should make a difference

We have Jim Rice as an analyst for Red Sox TV coverage. I've always been a fan of his, but he doesn't come across as a very eloquent dude.
He has always had a reputation as a very serious man and I don't blame him one bit for telling the Boston sports writers to pound sand.
I had heard that he made some very gracious comments when Gossage was announced as an inductee.

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Good mornin' Rex.

Howdy, it's a fine morning here in the center of the universe, don't you think?

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Originally posted 08:37 AM ET  05.14 by Justin Cyder

It's the only way they can get their frustrations out. They're probably the same people getting banned from their kids little league games.

my guess is that they were always picked last in gym for the kickball games. the anger festers over years and finally its payback!

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Originally posted 08:35 AM ET  05.14 by Me DUM DUM!

it seems to me that a lot sports writers don't know that much about the game. perhaps b/c many never played it?

I think a lot of them are about making themselves the story, not reporting on the story. The whole "curse" garbage in Boston was started by Dan Shaughnessy to sell books.

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Originally posted 08:41 AM ET  05.14 by Schadenfreude - Rolling Donuts

I think a lot of them are about making themselves the story, not reporting on the story. The whole "curse" garbage in Boston was started by Dan Shaughnessy to sell books.

most of them are just arrogant windbags.

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Originally posted 08:39 AM ET  05.14 by Rex Racer

We have Jim Rice as an analyst for Red Sox TV coverage. I've always been a fan of his, but he doesn't come across as a very eloquent dude. He has always had a reputation as a very serious man and I don't blame him one bit for telling the Boston sports writers to pound sand.I had heard that he made some very gracious comments when Gossage was announced as an inductee.

They both waited WAY too long to get in. One thing that probably pizzed off the writers was that Rice refuses to say anything negative about other players . God forbid they don't get their quote.