Wow, if only Pete Rose was this clever when he was gambling.
I am referring to Charlie trying to hustle the MLB yet again with his latest move to remove his name from the league’s ineligible list, which would allow the all-time hits leader to be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame.
The latest move by the 78-year-old Rose was yesterday when he sent a petition to the MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s office arguing that Manfred has recently opted not to punish players guilty of major game-changing rules infractions and, as a result, should end Rose's 30½-year ban for gambling on baseball while he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
The lawyers say that Rose's lifetime ban is "vastly disproportionate" when compared with MLB's punishments of players who took performance-enhancing drugs and the players involved in the sign-stealing schemes by the 2017 Houston Astros.
"There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else," Rose's 20-page petition for reinstatement says. "No objective standard or categorization of the rules violations committed by Mr. Rose can distinguish his violations from those that have incurred substantially less severe penalties from Major League Baseball."
A Major League Baseball source told ESPN that the league has received Rose's petition and is reviewing it.
Yeah, they have to say that—before they reject it.
Source:ESPN