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What Pete Rose lost – and maybe found – in his All-Star return to Cincinnati
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/what-pete-rose-lost-and-maybe-found-in-his-all-star-return-to-cincinnati-004137155.htmlThe story will continue to rattle around in the conversations on Park Avenue and across card tables at autograph shows, along with musty spots here, where Pete Rose remains the hard-as-iron superhero whose tragic decisions are misguided and perhaps forgivable.
Before Tuesday night's All-Star Game he was re-introduced to Cincinnati, to Great American Ball Park, as part of MLB's Franchise Four campaign. From the third-base dugout to the mound, he followed Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin and Joe Morgan. They love their baseball here, and they love their ballplayers, and they cheered madly until Rose walked before them. And then they cheered more.
Rose lifted his hands to them. Maybe they forgive, maybe they believe there is nothing to forgive, maybe he was just the best damned hitter they ever saw and really it begins and ends there. He is part of who they are, who they were. He was their favorite player when they were young boys and girls. He was a champion....
Rose was for 18 years, since he first applied for reinstatement, Bud Selig's hangnail. He is today Rob Manfred's toothache. Manfred said Tuesday no meeting was scheduled with Rose, whose circumstance changed again recently. A report tied Rose to betting on Reds games while managing the Reds, an unfortunate development for the story Rose told for decades. Manfred said he must first review the case before hearing Rose out.
Before Tuesday night's All-Star Game he was re-introduced to Cincinnati, to Great American Ball Park, as part of MLB's Franchise Four campaign. From the third-base dugout to the mound, he followed Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin and Joe Morgan. They love their baseball here, and they love their ballplayers, and they cheered madly until Rose walked before them. And then they cheered more.
Rose lifted his hands to them. Maybe they forgive, maybe they believe there is nothing to forgive, maybe he was just the best damned hitter they ever saw and really it begins and ends there. He is part of who they are, who they were. He was their favorite player when they were young boys and girls. He was a champion....
Rose was for 18 years, since he first applied for reinstatement, Bud Selig's hangnail. He is today Rob Manfred's toothache. Manfred said Tuesday no meeting was scheduled with Rose, whose circumstance changed again recently. A report tied Rose to betting on Reds games while managing the Reds, an unfortunate development for the story Rose told for decades. Manfred said he must first review the case before hearing Rose out.
How exactly did this happen? I thought he was, y'know, banned from the game.
