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turbinetree

(24,735 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2020, 01:31 PM Jan 2020

Where does Astros cheating rank in scandals? Ask Pete Rose

By TIM DAHLBERG
2 hours ago

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pete Rose was taking a break from signing autographs at the MGM Grand hotel when asked a question he’s uniquely qualified to address.

What’s worse, betting on baseball or cheating at baseball?

“I don’t know,’’ Rose tells The Associated Press. “All I know is I’ve been suspended for 30 years now. I don’t know anybody that’s been suspended for 30 years.”

It’s a fair point, especially when compared to the punishments handed out so far in the worst scandal to hit baseball since the steroid era. What Rose did was wrong — according to baseball rules — but there’s still a lot of people who believe he should be adding a Hall of Fame designation when he signs memorabilia in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas.

Still, 30 years away from the game he was so great at seems like an awful long time, especially when Major League Baseball and other sports leagues have made their peace — and are doing business — with the bookies who post lines on their games.

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Baseball and cheating have a long relationship rurallib Jan 2020 #1

rurallib

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1. Baseball and cheating have a long relationship

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 02:04 PM

Jan 2020

I don't follow baseball much anymore. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa finally turned what was once a rabid fan into a "when does college football start?" fan.

So I haven't followed this recent kerfuffle very closely, but it seems the Astros, like many business people, figured out a way to do what everybody does a little better - they got an edge and it helped them. That is what an edge should do.

As for Pete - I always thought it strange that the guy with the most hits can't even get a mention in their hall of fame and is banned.

Then there is Mark McGwire. Like the Astros he did something to get an edge. His team(s) never sat him or banned him. Still in the game I hear.

Knew a guy who pitched at the AAA level in the late 90s early 2000s. Everybody was "juicing" as he called it.

I came to the conclusion that baseball should allow drugs and cheating, they just have to reveal it before each game:
"Bob's doing greenies today with the curve baller on the mound. Coach Ray is stealing signs from center field today."

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