Interesting ESPN poll regarding Pete Rose's lifetime ban

[packs]

Rose was a compulsive gambler, which in most instances also turns you into a compulsive liar.

He claims to have never bet against the Reds. Yeah right.

He says he never did anything to attempt to manipulate the outcome of a game. Yeah right.

He says he never bet on a game as a player. Yeah right.

Even if he didn't bet on a game until he was a manager, do people not see how problematic that is? He is the manager in charge of a game. He has full ability to sub in a pitcher, take a pitcher out, sub in a pinch hitter, not play a particular player on a given day, etc. Anyone who believes him when he says he didn't bet against the Reds is fooling themselves. Since when do compulsive gamblers chasing money have ethics about what they gamble on?

There will never be any way to know what he did or didn't do to manipulate the outcome of games or whether or not he ever lost a game on purpose.

Stay out of baseball. Stay out of the HOF.