{"id":110378,"date":"2024-10-04T17:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110378"},"modified":"2024-10-04T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:53:13","slug":"there-was-nothing-redeeming-in-pete-roses-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110378","title":{"rendered":"There was nothing redeeming in Pete Rose&#8217;s character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>My only conversation with Pete Rose came in the early 1980s, when he was with the Phillies. And he started it.<\/p>\n<p>It was early April, a Friday night, and the Phils were to be on NBC\u2019s \u201cGame of the Week,\u201d the next day. Some NBC public relations fellows were driving down to Philly for the game and asked if I\u2019d like to join them.<\/p>\n<p>With our red media field-access credentials dangling from our belts, we watched batting practice from behind the cage. When Rose finished his swings, he walked over, eyed the press passes, then began to speak. Boy, did he.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pete Rose, who died at 83 this week, talked Phil Mushnick\u2019s ear off about his gambling the first time they met.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He asked if we\u2019d watched the just-concluded NCAA basketball tournament. I said I had. And off he went.<\/p>\n<p>He said he took a beating, especially late in games \u201cby missed free throws.\u201d Geez, Pete, geez. Could he be any less discreet with a stranger, especially a newspaper guy?<\/p>\n<p>But on he went. He wanted to talk; he needed to talk. He was obviously buzzed, presumably by the amphetamines he was widely suspected to ingest to keep him cranking into his 40\u2019s.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>I recognized his wide-eyed inability to cease talking and stand still from my college days when many of us popped \u201cblack beauties\u201d to study during finals. They didn\u2019t help us study as much as they kept us talking to one another until past dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Pete apparently lost a bundle betting on the NCAA tournament and he felt the compulsion to share that with somebody. Anybody. In this case, me. Then again, sports gamblers become delusional in thinking that everyone in their purview bets.<\/p>\n<p>I walked away stunned, disbelieving, disturbed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pete Rose died earlier this week at the age of 83. <span class=\"credit\">Sports Illustrated via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his books about the seedy sports autograph business, \u201cSign This,\u201d and \u201cSign This #2,\u201d author Tom Bunevich, a former card show promoter, identifies Rose as his fallen former favorite player and as among the most difficult superstars to endure.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe has always been a draw at shows. His appearances are all business. \u2026 It\u2019s head down, do the next one, keep moving. \u2026 Somehow he always notices the good-looking women and exchanges conversation with them. He can offer a serious comment, then follow it with an off-color, off-the-wall remark. Rough language comes easily. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like our heroes a little humble. Pete Rose is far from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bunevich also details what became conspicuously ugly to card show customers. Rose demanded that a TV be set by his side so he could track his sports gambling action while signing.<\/p>\n<p>The last time I saw Rose in person, he was seated at a table for two in Tampa\u2019s Bern\u2019s Steak House. I was with my wife and kids.<\/p>\n<p>Rose, by then well into his 60\u2019s, was with a young female, who looked no older than 18. I figured she was his granddaughter \u2014 until they started holding hands and playing under-the-table footsie.<\/p>\n<p>By 2017, Rose was denying public accusations of statutory rape with a girl in her mid-teens. Those wearing Rose-colored glasses had more to combat or ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/01\/sports\/pete-rose-was-unapologetic-until-the-end\/\">Rose passed this week, at 83,<\/a> a renewed call to induct him into the Hall of Fame has risen. Cited as a legitimate rationalization is MLB\u2019s current addiction to business-partnered, scandals-guaranteeing gambling. I get that and don\u2019t fully disagree.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pete Rose\u2019s breathtaking numbers overshadowed by his countless denials\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HxunWnBiIoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But aside from the gambling, girls and drugs, I wouldn\u2019t vote for Rose on the grounds of character. He had none.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Airing F-bomb par for the curse<\/h2>\n<p>Sunday, after walking a batter, Yankee Clarke Schmidt was heard to holler the F-word. YES replayed the obscenity, audio included. Michael Kay: \u201cWe apologize for that language here on a Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But then why did YES replay it with audio, then replay it again without, in case anyone missed it the first two times?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Presidents Cup coverage included a promo for \u201cThe Voice,\u201d now including Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s highly doubtful that a golf audience is thick with Snoop Dogg fans, the telecast\u2019s announcers expressed their joy that we\u2019d see even more of Dogg on NBC, especially given his sensational (indecipherable) co-hosting performance on NBC\u2019s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>That few to no viewers believed this con didn\u2019t prevent NBC from another con.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Snoop Dogg <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>No silly expression is free from duplication, repetition and perpetuation. While 22 players on every play use their legs, CBS\u2019s Ian Eagle on Sunday noted that a QB \u201cused his legs\u201d to run for a first down. QBs no longer run (one syllable) or scramble (two syllables), they long-form it by \u201cusing their legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fumble vs. \u201cput the ball on the ground.\u201d First down vs. \u201cMove the chains.\u201d Cut vs. \u201cstick a leg in the ground.\u201d Silence vs. \u201cDial up a play.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>After Indiana completed a pass for a first down to Maryland\u2019s 1-yard line Saturday, BTN play-by-player Jeff Levering was quick to note that IU had \u201creached the red zone.\u201d Nurse!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Player of the Week: IU DL James Carpenter. After a solo sack, he rose, made no all-about-me-gestures, then sought his team\u2019s huddle. Of course, his team-first modesty eliminated him from all in-game, postgame and network highlights reels.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mets clincher memorable, but not a \u2018classic\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Monday\u2019s wild, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/30\/sports\/mets-clinch-playoff-spot-on-francisco-lindors-ninth-inning-home-run\/\">wild-card-clinching Mets Game 1 win in Atlanta<\/a> was immediately framed and hung as \u201cA Classic.\u201d A crazy game? An exciting game? Yes. A classic? Hardly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mets players celebrate after their wild-card clinching win over the Braves. <span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monday\u2019s was another \u201cthe game has changed\u201d example of a game determined by bad baseball and bad, wish-based managing. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>That Edwin Diaz<strong> <\/strong>allowed the Braves to take the lead with four runs in eighth was the result of Diaz\u2019s failure to cover first on a line drive skimmer to<strong> <\/strong>Pete Alonso. That Diaz was credited with both a blown save and the win was testimony to something far beneath \u201ca classic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On SNY, Ron Darling fought nausea to scold Diaz for \u201cforgetting to know you\u2019ve got to play the game, as well [as just pitch].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Braves manager Brian Snitker<strong> <\/strong>made a classic new-age, knee-jerk decision to pull starter Spencer Schwellenbach \u2014 much to the Mets\u2019 joy as they could barely touch him \u2014 after throwing seven-plus shutout innings and \u2014 OMG! \u2014 94 pitches. Was Snitker saving him for an intrasquad spring training scrimmage?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, another classic in which both sides did all they could to lose.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>ESPN, by design, continues to obliterate every sports telecast it touches. Wednesday night, those who tuned in to see 200 shots of Padres fans waving yellow towels were treated far better than those who wanted to watch the Braves-Padres playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>And ESPN, which could wreck a game of catch, has, throughout these MLB playoffs, eliminated the line score \u2014 runs, hits and errors \u2014 from graphics at the ends of half-innings. Heresy!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Saturday, late in the Kentucky Transfers vs. Ole Miss Transfers on ABC\/ESPN, a huge post-play unsportsmanlike penalty call altered the entire ending. ABC\/ESPN never showed what happened as after the tackle it immediately cut to worthless crowd shots.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/04\/sports\/there-was-nothing-redeeming-in-pete-roses-character\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My only conversation with Pete Rose came in the early 1980s, when he was with the Phillies. 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