I go back and forth over Rose. He was one of my early baseball idols and the only non-Yankee I ever wrote a fan letter to when I was a kid. I have never seen a competitor like Rose. He did some stupid stuff, but I have a hard time believing that he ever tanked on the playing field. I guess the lawyer in me says that a lifetime ban ends at death. If a killer is sentenced to life plus 100 years we don’t keep the corpse around for a century. Since Rose never got a vote put him in the regular ballot rotation instead of the asterisk committee and see what happens. Let the voters decide.
And a card I like:
