NY Mets star, Tug McGraw, passed away; his “You Gotta Believe” lives on.
Congratulations to Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor for entering the Baseball Hall of Fame. Of course, what this really means is that one is getting old(er) when the baseball players one saw as a kid are now in the Hall of Fame. At least, that was how I felt when Gary Carter got admitted in the Hall of Fame last year.
What is Pete Rose doing by confessing? Is it sincere? Is it enough? Is it a way to get back in baseball, shamelessly? Or is there more to it to be redeemed? Hmm.
Pete Rose saga has turned into a bigger event than even PT Barnum’s spectacle on Earth. He’ll never get re-instated. And he shouldn’t be. Gambling in baseball is like breaking the 10 commandments simultaneously. The baseball writers arguing for his enshrinement are a disgrace.
=YC