I know I'm a little late to the party on this. Life happens and I don't have as much time as I once did to post. Looking at the date of my last post, it's been long overdue for me to throw something together to put on the blog. So, about MLB's decision to reinstate Rose and the other deceased members of the Banned for Life players, I'm not really sure how to take it. I've said before that Rose played the game hard. What he did on the field was amazing. What he did off the field; however, is unacceptable. You break the rules, you pay the consequences. That's just how life works. It's hard to separate the professional and the personal aspects of an individual and that's my conundrum. Was he a great ballplayer? Absolutely. Should he be enshrined in Cooperstown now that he's passed on? I'm not so sure. I'll leave that up to the voters to decide. What I do know is that I'll still keep collecting his cards for the things he did on the field. Case in point, I just picked up this 2011 Playoff Prime Cuts numbered out of 25 for just over the price of a "blaster". I always liked these cards and if I can find one that I need at a reasonable price I'll definitely add it to my Charlie Hustle PC.
Cool card. Now that he's eligible... I hope he eventually get elected. But like you said... it'll be up to the voters.
ReplyDeleteSomething no one has mentioned--I'm thinking that this decision means that Rose and Joe Jackson can now appear on new Topps cards. Rose hasn't been mentioned by name on a Topps card since the suspension--even when they did the "record chase" line on the back, the other records mentioned who held the all-time mark, but for hits it did not.
ReplyDeleteAnd Joe Jackson has never, ever appeared on a Topps card! I don't know if anyone controls the rights to his name and likeness at this point, but hopefully it will happen.