Pete Rose back in baseball (sort of)

[Steak Snabler]

Hired as a guest studio analyst by Fox Sports:

Pete Rose to join FOX, FOX Sports 1 as baseball analyst | FOX Sports

I think he'll be good at this, but would have been better 10 years ago. I guess they had to wait for Selig to retire before they could do it, though.

 

[BDC99]

Not sure if he will be good at it. I don't like the way he comes across. That Skechers commercial he is in is terrible.

 

[poindexter]

He is old. He'll suck.

 

[DanOregon]

Even if he gets reinstated and is voted into the HOF, I don't see how any player could look at betting on baseball might being something you would want to do. I don't know how different his life would have been since the ban. Even if it was him and not Pinella who won the Series with the Reds in 90, he would have been fired eventually and back to the card shows. He's never been good on television.
The other interesting aspect is MLB doing a deal with Draft Kings.

 

[Riptide]

How often will Pete Rose talk about Pete Rose?

 

[spikechiquet]

What's the O/A on times he starts a sentence with: "I bet..."?

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

What's next, Barry Bonds as ambassador of good will?

 

[Riptide]

What's next, Barry Bonds as ambassador of good will?

Ray Lewis got a gig, so there is no shame in TV sports.

 

[Starman]

What's the O/A on times he starts a sentence with: "I bet..."?

Odds are pretty good.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Ray Lewis got a gig, so there is no shame in TV sports.

Hecll, you can even berate a tow-truck company worker.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

"Pete, as a former manager, can you give us some insight into why Joe Maddon didn't go to his bullpen when Lester started to really labor in the seventh?"

"Sometimes you have to think more about the long term. Maybe he only had $500 on this game, but a couple grand riding on the next two. In that case you want to save as many bullpen arms as you can."

"Thanks Pete. That's the kind of analysis you only get here on Fox Sports 1."

 

[LongTimeListener]

Jim Gray works for the Fox family too. A roundtable discussion would be about the only way the Rose move could be a positive one.

 

[John]

I'm fine if Rose is never allowed back in baseball and never gets in the hall of fame. In favor of it, in fact. And he may stink on TV, but his appearance last year on the Opie & Jimmy show (I think Anthony had been fired by then) was very, very good. You can find the podcast episode on iTunes.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Pete is a very good quote, but I do not think he will be very good on TV. His grammar is horrendous.

Then again, if you had told me 15 years ago that Chauncey Billups would be a decent on-air guy I would have fallen over from laughing so hard.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Well, Rose did do that brilliant portrayal of Ty Cobb in that 1991 TV movie on Babe Ruth, so he does have some experience on the small screen.

 

[Vombatus]

Jim Gray works for the Fox family too. A roundtable discussion would be about the only way the Rose move could be a positive one.

I'd pay money to see Rose put Jim Gray in a headlock, on air, then proceed to beat the **** out of him. Make it pay per view, and to even it up a bit, give Gray a Taser and some nunchucks.

 

[Riptide]

I'd pay money to see Charles Barkley beat up both of them.

 

[Starman]

I'd pay money to see Charles Barkley beat up both of them.

Turrible.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

That was 16 years ago, but whatevs, can't let a good storyline go to waste.