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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Pete Rose Poll
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 09:00:51 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 09:00:51 1985
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> Fellow netters,
> 	Well I've been surveying the reactions to my reaction to Pete Rose and
> right now I would have to say that the responses are running slightly at 3-2
> for the great one (the anti's are starting to come in).  But before this thing
> starts to get out of hand I'd like to express some more feelings on Pete...
> 	I don't find anything to admire about Pete Rose ending the career of
> Ray Fosse, he had more right to be on the baseline than P.R. had to come
> crashing in head first in an exhibition game. The fact that someone could find
> something to admire about this signals a certain fault in current American
> thinking.
>       Enough of this discussion...
 					David Cherson

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Sure Dave, after you get your 2 cents worth, let's stop the discussion!
Good job reading between the lines, Dave!  I didn't say that I admire Pete
Rose ending the career of Fosse, (insiders know this was Pete's plan all along) and the result of the collision (Fosse's
injury) was certainly unintentional.  And again, Fosse doesn't get hurt if
he is NOT in the baseline, but he chose to take the risk and block the plate
(in an EXHIBITION game!) and what did he expect?  Rose was going to stop and
get tagged out? It's only an exhibition game, he said!

Mike Clifford