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Major League Baseball announced today that it will remove Pete Rose and 16 other deceased individuals - i.e. Shoeless Joe Jackson - from the professional baseball's permanently ineligible list.
MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible
Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.apnews.com
MLB is now in full swing with bettors. Gambling (and profits) is more important to the league than game integrity.
But we knew that from the 90s steroid scandal, right Commish Selig?
They banned them until their death so I think that's a bit of stretch.
In regards to steroids, if athletes want to destroy their bodies to better entertain me then by all means go for it. I never understood why people get so worked up over it.
Well no, they were permanently banned, this new ruling changed that.
It has to with cheating and the integrity of the game. Cheating and profits were/are more important, so be it. It's entertainment not sport - more akin to WWE.
But I agree, if athletes want to kill themselves for my entertainment by using steroids or smashing their bodies against each other or smashing their head into someone else, do it!
Though ironically I don't watch anymore and haven't for a while
Well no, they were permanently banned, this new ruling changed that.
It has to with cheating and the integrity of the game. Cheating and profits were/are more important, so be it. It's entertainment not sport - more akin to WWE.
But I agree, if athletes want to kill themselves for my entertainment by using steroids or smashing their bodies against each other or smashing their head into someone else, do it!
Though ironically I don't watch anymore and haven't for a while
Yea I know but I think they were punished pretty severely, saying to someone "you'll be let back in when you're dead" is pretty deep......hell haha these guys didn't even know that much!
I've said this a lot on here, I like sports, I like competition, I was a college athlete.......but to be a grown man cheering and putting emotions into other grown men playing a game has to be one of the gheyest things I can imagine. It's just entertainment and absolutely nothing more, but even as entertainment much of it is nauseating. I do like baseball though, more than other sports at least, it's still more a game that requires some craft and intelligence rather than just who is the biggest neanderthal wins.
Baseball is my favorite too. It's getting to point where it pretty much is whoever is the biggest wins at just about every position.
You don't see as many Morandini's or Larry Bowa's or little guys who can steal bases.
And the game suffers. Most at bats are K, W or HR. There's less action now - turning double into triples, base stealing, throwing out runners trying to stretch out a base....
Steroids (with the addition of New Stats Inc.) helped push into that. It's a shame.
I still play and am a pretty good 5 tool player - though I used to more of the scrappy fast line drive defensive guy. I've bulked up a bit recently (non-steroids) so I guess I'm the problem too
Major League Baseball announced today that it will remove Pete Rose and 16 other deceased individuals - i.e. Shoeless Joe Jackson - from the professional baseball's permanently ineligible list.
MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible
Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
I am in favor of this.
Baseball is my favorite too. It's getting to point where it pretty much is whoever is the biggest wins at just about every position.
You don't see as many Morandini's or Larry Bowa's or little guys who can steal bases.
And the game suffers. Most at bats are K, W or HR. There's less action now - turning double into triples, base stealing, throwing out runners trying to stretch out a base....
Steroids (with the addition of New Stats Inc.) helped push into that. It's a shame.
I still play and am a pretty good 5 tool player - though I used to more of the scrappy fast line drive defensive guy. I've bulked up a bit recently (non-steroids) so I guess I'm the problem too
Yea that's analytics which seems to have ruined all sports but especially the NBA, totally unwatchable now. At least baseball got rid of the shift, they are trying. Every team in the NBA plays exactly the same it's a 3 point shooting contest with fouls and turnovers, no flow no creativity, nothing contested, no passion everyone is best friends....it's become such a horrid product. The nba doesn't even market the game anymore they market the drama around it....even they know their product is junk.
As sportsball become more unwatchable, more and more men will turn off the TV and find something better to do with their time. This is a good thing. Better yet is the outlet for the last 40 years or so has been men no longer watching pro-sports and turning to college. Now the college kids are getting paid and allowed to jump teams every year, it will become more unwatchable as well.
The bad thing is, sports gambling on your smart phone will be nationwide soon, and that will combine addiction and self destruction with distraction.
The bad thing is, sports gambling on your smart phone will be nationwide soon, and that will combine addiction and self destruction with distraction.
Nice catch. Denzel Clarke.
Edit Wow the female announcer is pretty bad. Just another case of women being inserted into male spaces , better to watch with the sound off
This is what I like about sportsball. You get to see impressive athletic acheivements. I also like the basic competition of which team is winning, but great plays like this are the icing on the cake.
It's only worth your time if you find the challenge of betting on it interesting and it's a good way to pass time. If you aren't any good (most people), it becomes an addiction easily, but it's hardly different than video game playing.
