The Essential Pete Rose

Some people feel that career hits leader Pete Rose has been punished enough and that his lifetime ban from baseball should be lifted, so that he might be inducted into the Hall of Fame.  Sportswriter Michael Arace (the best writer in the only worthwhile section of the Columbus Dispatch) had a great article in today's paper.  Arace says that, for all his accomplishments, Rose is still lying in the bed of his own making:

"In the quarter-century since he was nailed, Rose has ignored nearly everything that the commissioner's office has recommended he do to clear a path toward reinstatement.  Baseball wants to see a reformed gambler and a model citizen.  Rose can be found most days at a sports book in Las Vegas, ramming his foot in his mouth like his teeth are Ray Fosse."

Pete Rose was once a tremendous baseball player.  He's always been a selfish, show-off, asshole liar, and still is to this day.  Which is his main problem.

Click the link for Arace's full commentary.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2014/08/27/rose-makes-it-hard-for-baseball-to-reinstate-him.html