Pete Rose se quedó esperando remolque....

El Comisionado de las Grandes Ligas, Rob Manfred, denegó la petición de reinstalación de Pete Rose a ser elegible para las papeletas de votación al Salón de la Fama. Dicho eso, y luego de Manfred escuchar y evaluar todas las propuestas de Rose, el castigo continúa, por vida, hacia el único pelotero en las historia de Las Mayores en batear sobre 4,000 hits.

Sus apuestas dentro de los juegos de béisbol siguen pesando más que sus increíbles ejecutorias dentro del terreno de juego, mayormente con los Cincinnati Reds y Philadelphia Phillies.

Adjunto un extracto del informe Manfredo:

--- “It is not at all clear to me that Mr. Rose has a grasp of the scope of his violations of Rule 21″ (which prohibits gambling). He claims not to remember significant misconduct detailed in the Dowd Report and corroborated by Michael Bertolini’s betting notebook.”

During our meeting, Mr. Rose told me that he has continued to bet on horse racing and on professional sports, including Baseball. Those bets may have been permitted by law in the jurisdictions in which they were placed, but this fact does not mean that the bets would be permissible if made by a player or manager subject to Rule 21.

In short, Mr. Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life either by an honest acceptance by him of his wrongdoing, so clearly established by the Dowd Report, or by a rigorous, self­ aware and sustained program of avoidance by him of all the circumstances that led to his permanent ineligibility in 1989. Absent such credible evidence, allowing him to work in the game presents an unacceptable risk of a future violation by him of Rule 21,and thus to the integrity of our sport. I, therefore, must reject Mr. Rose’s application for reinstatement.” - - -