Pete Rose questioned why he hasn't gotten a second chance from Major League Baseball to get back into the game on Saturday, saying he'd still like to manage. The 70-year-old hits king told an audience that he deserves another chance after acknowledging that he bet on baseball, something he denied for years. "I've taken responsibility for my life," Rose said. "Baseball isn't good for second chances -- not for gamblers. They are for people who take drugs. They are for people who beat up their wives. They are for people who drink a lot of alcohol. I screwed up. I wish I could change it." The former Cincinnati Reds player and manager was banned for life in 1989 for betting on baseball games, including Reds games. He has petitioned MLB and commissioner Bud Selig has given no indication he's leaning toward reinstating Rose, who holds baseball's record with 4,256 hits. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6550900
This is random as all hell but doesn't he look like Elton John? I don't think Pete will ever get a chance again as long as Bud is still alive and breathing.
Pete's got a point. His crimes weren't that heinous. He's been banned for 22 years. That's enough. Not that anyone wants a 70-year-old Pete Rose, so it is kind of academic at this point. But a little forgiveness seems to me to be in order. barfo
