Has it been 20 years? Wow, that's me. I'm glancing at the last photo in the middle of Roger Kahn's mostly toothless book in collaboration with Pete Rose called "My Story." The date of the photo is August 24, 1989, and as I study it, I remember feeling as if somebody had shoved a resin bag down my throat.
Moments before somebody snapped this photo in Cincinnati, baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti did the unthinkable in New York: He ignored Rose's distinction as the game's all-time hits leader, and he knocked an automatic trip to Cooperstown away from Rose with a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling on the sport.
According to Bud Selig during an exclusive interview with FanHouse, the last time he met with Pete Rose was "years ago." Then Selig added over the phone from his office in Milwaukee after a sigh, "I am the judge in this case, and judges just don't sit around talking about (these matters). It's sort of a complicated little thing."
So what does that tell you about the commissioner's intention of lifting the lifetime ban on baseball's all-time hits leader any time soon?
So Bud Selig is reportedly "seriously considering lifting Pete Rose's lifetime suspension from baseball," according to the New York Daily News.
According to the report, some Hall of Famers have been lobbying Selig to reinstate Rose, which would make him eligible for the Hall. And the report claims that Hank Aaron's statement that Rose belongs signals Selig's chage of heart.
He would thus have to be elected by his peers, the 65 living members in the Hall of Fame, not all of whom agree with Aaron, [Joe] Morgan and [Frank] Robinson that Rose has done his time. It's hard to say if he would get the necessary 75 percent for election. "I know there are still guys who feel strongly against him," said one Hall of Famer, "and I don't know if that would change even if Selig clears him."
Do you ever get the feeling that Cardinals manager Tony La Russa just really needs a hug? It seems that he's always mad at somebody or some thing. Whether he's suing Twitter because somebody started a fake account in his name, complaining about the Cubs or feuding with former players like Jim Edmonds, the man just seems to have a chip on his shoulder. I'm actually waiting for the day when he calls out the sun for having an East Coast bias for rising in New York an hour before it does in St. Louis.
So it's no shock that there's somebody else who has caught La Ire of La Russa, but it is somewhat surprising that it's a member of the Cardinals extended family this time. It seems La Russa is upset with Cardinals television broadcaster and former Redbirds pitcher Al Hrabosky.
ST. LOUIS -- Bud Selig said Tuesday he'd like players suspended for performance-enhancing drugs, such as Manny Ramirez, not to be able to go on minor-league assignments while their suspensions are in force.
During his annual All-Star break question-and-answer session with members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the commissioner also touched on Pete Rose, the Nationals, collusion charges and the effect of the economy on baseball.
People, people, people. How many times do we need to go over this? It seems that every time we have another steroids revelation and talk turns to how that affects the player's Hall of Fame qualifications, all of the Pete Rose people come out of the woodwork to say that Pete should get in if the Steroids Guys are in.
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Well, that took freaking forever ... but the Blue Jays finally started to stink the joint up. I swear to you, you can't stay long atop the MLB Power Rankings -- our failure by osmosis jinxing ability is just too strong, son. At any rate, it was a weird week for ranking baseball: the Cubs continued to skid, the Padres went on a tear and Toronto fell off the face of the planet. So, yeah, spiciness ensued, and you may take the jump to see how badly your team fared. Unless you're a Rangers or a Braves fan, in which case they couldn't have done that poorly.
There are probably a lot of people who think that baseball could use some sort of morality police right now. They would probably all agree that Pete Rose is not the best person for the job.
In these troubling times, where you can't simply follow the game of baseball without hearing about steroids everywhere you turn, we could all use a moral compass so that we can have something to tell our children. When it comes to the Alex Rodriguez saga, Pete Rose, who was banished from baseball for betting on games while he was a manager, is happy to provide us with that moral compass.
"Being my good and close friend, I was disappointed about A-Rod's admission."
Yeah, he should have waited until he had a book to sell, right Pete?
* The Rangers move into the lead for Ben Sheets, which pleases Kevin Millwood: "I think it would be great for us if he's on our team," Millwood said. "I don't know what's going on with that, but he'll make us a better team."
Has it been 20 years? Wow, that's me. I'm glancing at the last photo in the middle of Roger Kahn's mostly toothless book in collaboration with Pete Rose called "My Story." The date of the photo is August 24, 1989, and as I study it, I remember feeling as if somebody had shoved a resin bag down my throat.
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People, people, people. How many times do we need to go over this? It seems that every time we have another 
There are probably a lot of people who think that baseball could use some sort of morality police right now. They would probably all agree that 
In these troubling times, where you can't simply follow the game of baseball without hearing about steroids everywhere you turn, we could all use a moral compass so that we can have something to tell our children. When it comes to the 
