Nobody gives a crap about Pete Rose

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Nobody gives a crap about Pete Rose

Expires: 20-Mar-2007 11:31

Cheesehead

5 Votes
71%

This "revelation" about Pete Rose betting for the Reds to win every game is so annoying http://sports.espn.go....

Does anyone anywhere in the universe give a shit about this anymore? The guy's been out of baseball for ages. He's already admitted to it. The story was first written back around the turn of the 19th century. Yet ESPN still features it as if it's breaking news. This is a pet peave of mine -- true of all sports media, but particularly true of MLB coverage. Let it go already. The Bonds thing is already well into this territory.

bMoney

2 Votes
28%

Nobody gives a crap about Pete Rose... except for the billion people who actually want to be able to RESPECT their favorite athletes. Floyd Landis, Zinedine Zidane, Barry Bonds -- all this s%!& kills the ethos of sports, the ONE arena where we thought we didn't have to be cynical. Damn straight we give a crap.

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Wolverine (voted for Cheesehead)

15-Mar-07 12:27

The Rose saga is so tired and played out at this point that to me it is all just noise. He long ago used up any good will credits he had and I won't ever believe a word he says. He speaks up when he has a book to sell or something to pimp. Trigginator, you have my support.

Cheesehead (voted for Cheesehead)

15-Mar-07 13:25

I completely agree with bMoney's point that acts like betting on your own team or doping are a detriment to sport in general. I'm not saying these things shouldn't be exposed, condemned and punished. I just object to them being beaten to a bloody pulp. And, as Wolverine points out, at some point the story is only being perpetuated further for the benefit of the original culprit -- staying in the limelight, selling books, or signing baseballs (check out http://www.americanchr...

TheColonel (voted for Cheesehead)

15-Mar-07 15:11

Pete Rose sucks as a person. We all know that. When I see him on TV, I just feel sorry for him. But come on, he belongs in the hall of fame. Charlie Hustle, 4256 hits. That should be enough. Of all the crap that athletes do, its hard to think that major leaguee baseball and the the hall of fame are gonna be able to apply a moral filter that means anything.