rightwinger
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What the fuck does it have to do with corporations?EXACTLY!!!
But yet all those Yankee fan anti-corporationists want Steinbrenner in the HOF? Hypocrisy knows no bounds!
Cut me a F'n'A break!
Those who don't like Steinbrenner either don't simply because he was the Yankees owner, or because he spent the kind of money on his roster that they wish THEIR owner did, and they're just haters.
That's it.
I don't know any baseball fans who invoke corporatism into that argument.
I'm also not sure how he and Rose can be compared here. Rose soiled his name by shitting on fellow members of the league via financial wagers against them. That has huge ethical and moral implications.
What did George do wrong besides WIN?
While I agree that Rose hurt the game and was definitely wrong for doing what he did, that does not change the fact that he is arguably the greatest hitter to have ever played the game. Wiping his name out of the record books, only tells me that the records mean nothing at all. To me there will always be the idea that if MLB doesn't like the person they will just hide the fact that he ever played from the rest of the world. Therefore, we are not talking about the best of the the sport just the best liked.
The HOF has become a popularity contest not a place for keeping historical facts.
Note: As I said early in the thread, I believe Steinbrenner belongs in the HOF, but I also believe that Pete Rose belongs there as well.
Immie
Agree
Rose has been punished enough. He did not "cheat" nearly to the degree steroid users did and they are still in the game.