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Baseball

Bully Taw

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2. he bet on baseball when he was a manager

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 09:08 PM

Aug 2013

And he bet on (and evidence suggests against) his own team. He called in to question the integrity of the game. The BlackSox did the same, and they are still banned, and rightfully so.

Steroid cheats may suffer the same fate at some point, but for now we can be sure that known steroid cheats will never get into the Hall at the hands of the BBWAA or the Veterans Committee.

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Is it time to lift Pete Rose's lifetime ban? [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

Never, and we should some more lifetime bans. n/t JayhawkSD Aug 2013 #1

he bet on baseball when he was a manager Bully Taw Aug 2013 #2

That's the tragedy of it all. If he did this solely as a PLAYER. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #3

It won't happen Don Hunsberger Aug 2013 #4

You can still hurt the game betting on your own team. Zavulon Sep 2013 #5

I think that could arguably be the strongest argument Divine Discontent Sep 2013 #7

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