Pete Rose using the Mitchell Report as leverage to get into the Hall of Fame. That is an all time low.
It's bad enough that Andy Peittite, Miguel Tejada and surefire Hall of Famer Roger Clemens have either admitted to or been accused of taking steroids and/or Human Growth Hormones. We now have Charlie Hustle himself weighing in on the subject.
In an interview with Dennis Miller on the VERSUS network, Rose said:
"I've been suspended 18 years for betting on my own team to win," then he added "I was wrong ... but these guys today, if the allegations are true, they're making a mockery of the game."
I'm pretty sure that Pete Rose criticizing anyone, anywhere, for anything having to do with baseball should be dismissed out of hand. After all, when these guys supposedly took steroids, there were no rules against the use of performance enhancing drugs. When Rose bet on baseball, he was breaking a rule that had been in place since 1919. He has no right to cry foul.
But it gets better! He also complains about these players making a mockery of baseball. This from a man who has repeatedly dressed up as a chicken for World Wrestling Entertainment events, and been chased from the ring by a giant. Don't believe me? Check it out on YouTube and the WWE's own website.
So why is Pete speaking up now? "If you're going to put these guys that supposedly did steroids into the Hall of Fame, I mean I've got to get a shot somewhere," Ah. There you go. Self-promotion. Good job Mr. Rose.
Although Rose and his 4,256 hits have their place in history, more then just about anyone else, Pete Rose deserves to be kept out of the Hall of Fame.
The very best part is that when Miller asked Rose how the steroids would have affected his career hits record, he replied:
"I would have got 5,000 hits,"
To be absolutely clear on this:
Pete Rose (who definitely committed a cardinal sin) wants to be let into the Hall of Fame because people who did not break the rules might get in. He (the guy who dressed up as a chicken and acted like an oaf for Vince MacMahon) feels they made a mockery of the game. But if there were steroids available to him, he would have done the same thing.
Ladies and gentlemen: Pete Rose. Class act.
1 comment:
Rose is a disgrace. But that doesn't change my opinion that he should be eligible for the Hall of Fame. If I had a vote, I'm not sure I'd vote for him, but if he were elected I think it would be an excellent platform to lay out all the reasons why he's been suspended etc. His offenses, as far as we know, or at least what he was accused of, occurred AFTER his playing career ended...but I'm not going to lose sleep over it y'know?
Great new blog, I'm going to link to it from Tranquility Base, and also I'm going to write up a big thing on the Mitchell Report at some point as well. Maybe we could even collaborate on a point-counterpoint type of thing?
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