I definitely remember him from the 80’s.
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Didn’t know this was a thing:
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BIG LEAGUE News!
Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
Rose’s permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Cincinnati Reds will honor baseball’s career hits leader with Pete Rose Night.
Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death. Several others will also have their status changed by the ruling, including all members of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox, former Philadelphia Phillies president Williams D. Cox and former New York Giants outfielder Benny Kauff.
Under the Hall of Fame’s current rules, the earliest Rose or Jackson could be inducted would be in 2028.
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Banned for life expires as the individuals expire I guess.
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One opinion on the lifting of the ban:
What it means for HOF,etc.:
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The US World Baseball Classic team has only two players so far, but they happen to be the best pitcher and the best hitter in the world so they are off to a good start.
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You have to check out these mouthwatering ball park offerings, complete with pictures. I don’t like them all but like a lot of them. The popcorn bats are cool.
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I would go for the loaded garlic fries, minus the fried spam, on a cheat day. Or the tiramisu` or the sundae.
On this front, I’m headed to see a Phillies’ game likely in two weeks. It’s been two years.
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The latest technology experiment. This should be implemented one day as should calling balls and strikes. Baseball (and tennis) clearly the leader in implementing technology to ensure correct calls are made. One day I expect there will be only one “ceremonial” umpire on the field.
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From what I have seen so far this year - it would be a massive improvement. I have seen pitchers paint the corner one pitch and get no call, and then get a strike call on the next pitch a foot outside of that on the next pitch.
I think there will still be umpires, with the home plate ump being largely there to put new balls in play and make calls on runners at the plate.
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Shoot, as you describe this situation now, an improvement is in high order. Thank you for bringing this example to our attention today.
I know it’s been more than 30 years, but they might as well just bring back out of retirement former MLB umpire Lieutenant Frank Drebin, aka Enrico Palazzo.
It would be the same difference as you describe, except Lt. Drebin / Signore Palazzo is obviously a whole lot more entertaining and would keep the players safe and make the venue a bit safer for all the fans too.
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NBCUniversal is among the parties taking an early swing at a large package of Major League Baseball rights that ESPN has chosen to let go.
The Comcast-backed media conglomerate is in nascent talks with the league about the package for which ESPN is said to be paying $550 million a year. ESPN in February announced it would “opt out” of its seven-year deal, which was supposed to last through 2028, with executives at the Disney sports giant miffed about smaller deals MLB has struck with Apple and Roku that give those outlets exclusive games for smaller annual fees, undermining the economics of ESPN’s terms. ESPN and MLB had a clause in their current contract that allowed for a break-up, and ESPN could be without professional baseball for the first time in four decades following the end of the current season.
If MLB goes back on NBC for next season, as is going also the NBA starting this autumn, so much the better also to go away from ESPN.
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