Pete Rose is irrelevant to Barry?

Why is it that white people criticize blacks and other minorities for defending our athletes, yet whites always try to put rose in a better light by slamming Bonds?





Rose bet on baseball knowingly despite there being rules against it, while Barry used roids when MLB ignored them while Mcgwire used them in 98.





Rose also allegedly corked his bat and used amphetamines, and as a manager put himself in games so he could break Cobb's record despite the fact that he sucked.





So, why is it that people, specifically white baseball fans, kiss Rose's **** so much but slam people like Stephen A smith for doing the same to Bonds?

Pete Rose is irrelevant to Barry?
Pete Rose broke Cobb's record in 1985. While he WAS the manager of the Reds at the time, he definitely didn't put himself in the lineup just to get the record. He hit .264 that year, and his .394 OB% was very good for a 44 year old, and was an All-Star (albeit mostly on reputation.)





That being said, he should NEVER be inducted into the Hall. I don't understand why some people think he should be. He broke the Number #1 rule of baseball - don't bet on baseball (as a player, manager, executive, etc...)


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Reply:This isn't a race issue. Rose earned his stats, Bonds didn't.
Reply:Your comments, although having some merit, are grossly discredited by your use of the race card. Race has nothing to do with it, yet you use it like a crutch. Not ALL white people criticize blacks and minorities for defending "your" athletes. And just how are they "yours?" This is a baseball site, not a politics site. Chill out..... And, BTW, how do you know that only white people are criticizing Barry??????
Reply:I don't believe this is a race issue as much as an issue about Bonds' attitude most of his career. He's been a pompous *** for most of his career. Nothing wrong with that, but he has to face the reprecussions of his actions.





As far as the steroid issue goes, before Bonds was to go in front of the Grand Jury, he was told that he would be given immunity from being charged with anything in turn for giving an honest testimony. Well, he still chose to lie!!!! I have no pity for the man.





Bonds broke the HR record. I believe it should stand without an asterix. Reason being, steroids, however illegal, were not against the rules in the MLB. His record won't stand long though. A-Rod will soon beat it. Peace!!!!
Reply:O.J. got away with murder
Reply:Does a Lion and a Tiger make a Liger?
Reply:I have no sympathy for Rose whatsoever.





No, check that -- I do hold out one, tiny whiff of sympathy in the matter of his application for reinstatement. Rose filed that in 1997, and ten years later Seligula still has not ruled on it (and, to be fair, is under no mandate to do so). Rose is a swine virus, but he deserves an answer. That answer should be "No" and it is well past time the Kommissar resolves this issue.





Rose broke a rule, knowingly, repeatedly, and with full knowledge of the defined sanctions.





ALL the users of steroids or HGH or Chemical X were trying to play better and win more, which is the very goal of the competition. Baseball is a competitive enterprise that attracts, retains, and REWARDS competitive people. The governing body should have laid down some enforceable rules if it considered such usage a problem. No rules, no rulebreaking.





Not offering exoneration, just noting that the circumstances were perfectly aligned for this controversy to occur.