Reds to honour Pete Rose
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Mike Schmidt: "There's a cloud.. ... I think if you posed the question to all the living Hall of Famers right now, I think it would almost be 50-50."
Pete Rose was a larger-than-life baseball star during his playing career. But he belonged to Cincinnati. It's where Rose was born, where he played for most of his 24 seasons and also managed. On Wednesday,
Banned no more. Pete Rose, the Cincinnati native and Reds legend, has had his ban over baseball gambling lifted. What was his net worth when he died?
Marty Brennaman: "(Pete Rose) dies and dammit, five months later they elect to make him eligible again. I've got a real problem with that."
Stock, a 2009 second-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals, is among the few baseball-affiliated figures to publicly disagree with Tuesday’s news. Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and 14 other players—along with former Philadelphia Phillies owner William Cox—from the ineligible list.
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The Cincinnati Reds have planned several events for Wednesday's game at Great American Ballpark, known as Pete Rose Night.
The Reds are handing out a replica No. 14 Rose jersey to fans in attendance for their game against the White Sox.