Still the suffering addict in denial, Pete Rose continues to dig a hole with no end in sight. Now stating on D.P's show that he bet on "every" Reds game as manager, he continues to distort, deflect and deviate from his own story.
His purpose for now using the every game technique is a poor attempt to strengthen his position. By going with the every game model, he can say that he didn't manipulate the rotation, batting order etc. So Rose has now gone the distance from denying any gambling with baseball to wagering on every game. Why does he continue to bother you ask, because he is still displaying the classic signs of an addict=lying and manipulating.
Remember Pete Rose was Mr. Baseball in the 70's and 80's. Ripkin's adulation was only a fraction of that for Rose as a player. Rose embodied the hustle, determination, and unselfish play fans ate up. I still believe that Rose should be in the hall of fame for his numbers as a player. His activities as a manager should be held separately from those of his playing days.
As I've said before in a few posts, timing is often very important in life. Pete Rose had very poor luck in the timing department following his unseemly disclosure. He faced an obtuse Bart Giammati who would not bend. Then with Bart's death, the bottom fell out with the Dowd report.
For Rose its been a fool's play from the beginning. In America its forgive and forget. The best move for Rose from the start of this mess would have been to admit his mistake, entering gambling rehab and beg for forgiveness. One and done-end of story. But this Rose by any other name is a Fool.
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Pete is a fool, no doubt. But just let the guy in the Hall of Fame. Only baseball does these stupid things. Don't let him manage again, don't let him be involved in sportscasting etc, but let the fool in the Hall.
Hawk Harrelson (wait, wait, read the rest of this) was calling a Sox game years ago that was like 13-2 in the 8th. Hawk and D.J. got to talking about what do players do in obvious blowouts. Hawk said there was one guy, even with 2 out in the ninth and his team back by 10, who was still trying to figger out a way for his team to win.
To tell you the truth, though, maybe he was just thinking about how he could lose by a few more and maybe cover the spread.
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