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Red Sox manager
John Farrell weighed in on the renewed
Pete Rose controversy today. New MLB Commissioner
Rob Manfred has stated that he will 'consider' re-instating Rose from his 'lifetime' ban for gambling on baseball while manager of the Reds. Said Farrell,
"From my standpoint, there's an integrity of the game element that has got to be upheld. But a great player. I see no reason why he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame." Sorry, John, faulty logic on your part. For
our part, we like to use the
Garden of Eden analogy regarding Rose. It's pretty clear that
Adam and
Eve (last names unclear) were
explicitly warned that
there was one thing in the Garden they could not eat from—The Tree Of Knowledge. Everything else was Kosher (so to speak). And what did those crazy kids do? We all know the answer—and we all know the punishment that came down upon them (sort of the
ultimate "lifetime ban"). Similarly, every clubhouse at every level of baseball has an
explicit posted warning about gambling on the game—
it's the one thing you absolutely cannot do. Rose did it. End of story.
