Wow!…No one ever mistook Rose for a rocket scientist, but damn! It took him 20 years to ‘get it’?
For the record – It’s not that he bet on baseball, including betting on the Reds “every night” while he was manager. It’s that he lied about it thousands of times over a period of 14 years. I could forgive the gambling, but can’t and won’t forgive the lies. He’s got what he deserved and has only him self to blame.
I saw the tape of Rose’s apology at the roasting in September. You can’t fake an apology like that. He even said he finally understood what Giammatti meant by “reconfigure your life”. Yes it’s taken a long, long time, but for a pathological liar to finally look himself in the mirror, that can take a lifetime in the rare cases it happens.
I no longer see any point to his banishment. Are others who are thinking of betting on baseball going to think he was let off too easily ? Reinstate him.
But Selig will let it sit on his desk until he retires.
I have spent my entire adult life thinking that Rose will say or do anything if he thinks it will get him what he wants. This does nothing to change that view. He just needs to go away. -j
2011 Interviews:
-- Reds farmhand Matt Klinker
-- Reds Minor League Player of the Year Devin Mesoraco
-- Redleg Nation's Newest Spotlight Player, Reds farmhand Tucker Barnhart
-- Bakersfield Blaze Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations Dan Besbris
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-- Reds farmhand Tucker Barnhart
-- Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco
-- Redsminorleagues.com guru Doug Gray
-- Cincinnati Enquirer beat writer John Fay
-- Reds broadcaster Chris Welsh
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Wow!…No one ever mistook Rose for a rocket scientist, but damn! It took him 20 years to ‘get it’?
For the record – It’s not that he bet on baseball, including betting on the Reds “every night” while he was manager. It’s that he lied about it thousands of times over a period of 14 years. I could forgive the gambling, but can’t and won’t forgive the lies. He’s got what he deserved and has only him self to blame.
I think he does get it now, but I’m afraid it’s too late. If I were king for the day I’d put him in the Hall.
I saw the tape of Rose’s apology at the roasting in September. You can’t fake an apology like that. He even said he finally understood what Giammatti meant by “reconfigure your life”. Yes it’s taken a long, long time, but for a pathological liar to finally look himself in the mirror, that can take a lifetime in the rare cases it happens.
I no longer see any point to his banishment. Are others who are thinking of betting on baseball going to think he was let off too easily ? Reinstate him.
But Selig will let it sit on his desk until he retires.
I have spent my entire adult life thinking that Rose will say or do anything if he thinks it will get him what he wants. This does nothing to change that view. He just needs to go away. -j
He killed Bart Giamatti!!!
Cigarettes killed Bart Giamatti. Dealing with the Rose situation was Giamatti’s job.
I had no idea that the actor Paul Giamatti (who played John Adams in the HBO mini-series) was Bart’s son.