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Rob Manfred, MLB should stop letting Pete Rose slink back into proper society

The initial instinct is to blame the Phillies. They’re the ones that thought it was a good idea to invite the creep while honoring the 1980 World Series team. To fete the guy who they had to uninvite in a similar spot a few years ago because he got accused of statutory rape.

But doing that would oversimplify Pete Rose’s disgusting and embarrassing Sunday at the ballpark.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. That’s why droves of people keep lining up in Cooperstown and Las Vegas and in convention halls coast to coast to pay money for Rose’s signature.