The older I get, the more I realize that baseball, while I love it, is not all that important in the grand scheme of things. So, to be obsessed over whether or not Pete Rose deserves to be reinstated to the game or voted into the hall of fame, to me, seems silly. I posted that on Twitter and got some less than favorable responses, as you might expect, but when you think about it, it really doesn’t affect us at all. Why do we care so much?
If you pin me down and make me choose a side, I will say that I think Pete deserves the punishment he has received because he has broken the first rule they teach you when you’re in the game.