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...Rose has not made things easy for himself. His book is like the player he was. He was known as Charlie Hustle, and he hustles through brief moments of remorse and apology. In what may be the most remarkable statement in the book, he writes, "I'm sure that I'm supposed to act all sorry or sad or guilty now that I've accepted that I've done something wrong. But you see, I'm just not built that way... Let's move on.'' It's as if the ordinary rules of public apology do not apply because...
...Rose is a product of our culture. We teach our business moguls, our movie stars and our Pete Roses that the rules of conduct, and even our laws, do not apply to them as they do to the rest of us. During Major League Baseball's investigation of Rose in 1989, one of his lawyers argued to me that "Pete Rose is a national institution. He doesn't think baseball can afford to take...
...Rose obviously wants to be reinstated both to manage again and to join his peers in Cooperstown, N.Y. Since he last managed, the salaries of top managers like Joe Torre and Dusty Baker have risen to levels Rose could only have dreamed about when he was in the dugout. Money is what makes Rose hustle, and he would dearly love to command the big money now available to managers. But how can Commissioner Selig ever trust Rose not to fall back into his old betting ways? I will be astonished if Pete ever puts on a manager's uniform again...
...things stand now, I see little reason to reinstate Rose. He has not made the slightest effort to redeem himself, and no tight-lipped confession can compensate for the damage he has done to the game and those around it. He surely has no case for being let back on the field as a manager. As for keeping him off the field but allowing him to be a candidate for the Hall of Fame, I would not, as commissioner, take the risk. By reinstating him, I would be watering down the antigambling deterrent that has been effective for more than...
...great week to watch famous people try to squirm out of bad situations. Pete Rose's confession that he bet on ball games came 14 years too late--and was insufficiently repentant--for many fans. But he had plenty of company. How sincere were the others in the headlines? That's for the rest of us to judge...