MLB Pete Rose died

[crabmeat]

RIP, Charlie Hustle.

 

[Osculater]

R.I.P. gambling addict hall of famer.

Is his wife still hot?

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

First Mutombo now Pete Rose, who will be the third?

 

[Osculater]

Love this video, Pete Rose pinch hits himself and immediately calls in a pinch runner when he gets to first

Wild times
R.I.P. G

 

[Strychnine]

R.I.P. "Charlie Hustle"

 

[TardStrong]

OG

 

[Gene Tunney]

Pete Rose, who was stocky, fast, and a switch hitter, had a rudimentary, slunched, defensive batting stance that minimized his swing generation hitch, maximizing quick contact potential.

He was so well built (ran over a catcher to win an all-star game) that he would hit home runs, most unintentionally.

Excelled at almost every position. Durable. Great fielder. Smart on the bases. Arguably the best hitter to step up to the plate. A mentor.

Played to wi.......ah...questionable ethics.

 

[Morning Star]

The thing was he was gambling on games he was managing. That's a pretty big conflict of interest and a serious breach.

Anyhow, I like how anal baseball is with its steroid cheats and such. Baseball though in the past was a sport that kind of prided itself in having some superior etiquette and standard of holding itself up to. Hence the informal rules of beaning players that admire their home runs, or celebrate too wildly, or "run up the score" by swinging at a 3-0 count when your team has a massive lead. It was kind of a throwback to the America where virtually everyone would don a suit when going out in public.

People from very poor countries of course couldn't understand that such a thing as etiquette could exist and so it's gone away with time as the league has been flooded with foreigners, along just a general decline of Good Christian values that Pete Rose violated with his gambling addiction.

I might agree with your point had they not put Bagwell and Big Papi 2 steroid cheats into the HOF. What Pete did as a coach doesn't have anything to do with him as a player. He didn't get in the HOF because of likeability and because he didn't kiss ass, same as Bonds. There's no consistency.

 

[volodya]

The thing was he was gambling on games he was managing. That's a pretty big conflict of interest and a serious breach.

Anyhow, I like how anal baseball is with its steroid cheats and such. Baseball though in the past was a sport that kind of prided itself in having some superior etiquette and standard of holding itself up to. Hence the informal rules of beaning players that admire their home runs, or celebrate too wildly, or "run up the score" by swinging at a 3-0 count when your team has a massive lead. It was kind of a throwback to the America where virtually everyone would don a suit when going out in public.

People from very poor countries of course couldn't understand that such a thing as etiquette could exist and so it's gone away with time as the league has been flooded with foreigners, along just a general decline of Good Christian values that Pete Rose violated with his gambling addiction.

I don't give a shit about that anymore. The NFL, for example, is all in as a gambling partner...yet they control the goddamn REFS LMAO

 

[I Am Legion]

Pete, Dikembe, and Taggart from Beverly Hills Cop. The reaper has his three, now leave the rest of us be!

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Greatest hitter ever. Baseball Hall of Fame is kind of a joke for not letting him in.

At least he made it into the WWE Hall of Fame

 

[MLarson]

At least he made it into the WWE Hall of Fame

And at the end of the day that's all that matters

 

[Spounman]

What a legend. I saw a stat that said he's the only MLB player to play 500 games at 5 different positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, RF, LF).

 

[Jesus X]

Pete rose crawled so Jordan could run in regards to degenerate gambling.

 

[Osculater]

Pete rose crawled so Jordan could run in regards to degenerate gambling.

 

[Sweater of AV]

That's sad to hear. Regardless of the betting scandal, my boy Pete is GOATed. RIP.

 

[Madmick]

Hopefully he gets posthumously inducted.

If all those old codgers with votes keep him out of the Hall of Fame, when all he ever did was bet on his own team, nothing funny, no throwing, and the MLB itself is pimping out Draft Kings at every fucking commercial break in 2024, its official partner, a glorified online gambling casino with fantasy sports as window dressing for the real business, then all I can say is I hope they don't have a Field of Dreams waiting for them at the end of the line, but the Children of the Corn. Fuck those hypocritical pieces of shit.

DraftKings is now a co-exclusive Official Sports Betting Partner of MLB, joining BetMGM.

 

[TeamVamos]

I grew up looking forward to going to Pete Roses restaurant and arcade. Place was much more badass than Wilt Chamberlains down the road. Least he seemed to live it up after his playing days were over.

 

[volodya]

If all those old codgers with votes keep him out of the Hall of Fame, when all he ever did was bet on his own team, nothing funny, no throwing, and the MLB itself is pimping out Draft Kings at every fucking commercial break in 2024, its official partner, a glorified online gambling casino with fantasy sports as window dressing for the real business, then all I can say is I hope they don't have a Field of Dreams waiting for them at the end of the line, but the Children of the Corn. Fuck those hypocritical pieces of shit.

DraftKings is now a co-exclusive Official Sports Betting Partner of MLB, joining BetMGM.

Hhaha. Good reference!

That escalated quickly gif

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

I grew up looking forward to going to Pete Roses restaurant and arcade. Place was much more badass than Wilt Chamberlains down the road. Least he seemed to live it up after his playing days were over.

Where was that? Cinci ?