Posted By:
TBob
Selective enforcement? Show me the evidence of those who went unpunished after the rule was written and posted in baseball clubhouses. If anything, those who were punished before there was an edict, e.g. the eight men out, would have some sort of ex post facto argument, but not so here.>
First, how about an analogy: Alex Karras and Paul Hornung bet on pro football games while they were still playing and they received a slap on the wrist, a one year ban, and were welcomed back with open arms. Both are in the HOF. Rose's punishment has been extreme and out of proportion wih what it is alleged he has done.
Next, I believe that Cobb, Speaker and Wood were all totally aware of what happened in 1919 with the Black Sox, yet placed bets on baseball games. That has been well chronicled and I won't waste the bandwidth to rehash it. Cobb used his "star position" to effectively blackmail Landis in to taking no action. If that wasn't selective enforcement, what was?