- Once again: The reinstatement of Rose and Shoeless Joe (and fringe HOF candidates like Weaver and Cicotte) is not about mercy, but about merch. Any other interpretation is naive. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
May 13, 2025 20:26
- I’m betting pardon the expression that Rose knew it was always going to play out this way and that he at some time recorded what would become a posthumous induction speech.
- Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire ?
- It's always about the merch! They should have a wing in the HOF for great players that we're also shady rule breakers. The Hall of Shame.
- “Show me the money!” Isn’t Rose a capitulation to the orange clown and Shoeless Joe et al. fig-leaves to cover for the capitulation?
- Rose was a stautory rapist and will hopefully not sell much merch. He certainly didn't deserve mercy.