Possible 14 wasn't just Pete Rose's jersey number.

[BitterYoungMatador2]

This was posted on the MLB board but thought it may deserve it's own thread. New allegations this weekend accusing him of being Ped Rose. Rose used the always popular "I thought she was legal" defense. Horrible timing for the Phillies, who were intending on honoring him at an upcoming game. That has since been scrapped.

Pete Rose faces tainted legacy after statutory rape allegation surfaces

 

[poindexter]

He had a tainted legacy way before this.

JFC, will this guy just go away.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Funny part is this all was unearthed because he sued Dowd, not because of a victim coming forward and demanding anything.

 

[LongTimeListener]

If he thought she was 16, that's as good as her being 16, right?

 

[BTExpress]

Not the only over/under bet he has lost, I'm certain.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Wow. Shocked to learn Charlie Hustle was always a scumbag. Stunned.
There will still be braying "morans," unabashedly supporting his HOF aspirations.

 

[CD Boogie]

He should never been inducted into Cooperstown. I've gone back and forth on my thinking on this, but I now truly think he bet on the Reds to lose. Lifetime ban. **** him.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Phillies disinvite Pete Rose from Phillies Alumni Weekend

In Rose's defense, the 60s and 70s were a statutory rape-y time. Who can forget these hits?

 

[mpcincal]

Or anything by this guy

 

[HanSenSE]

Oh, yeah? What about? I'm only 13.

 

[heyabbott]

If Rose had been in the HOF for the last 10 years would they kick him out for this?

If not then this is just more proof he's a horrible human, a reprobate, but still a HOF player.

OJ is still a HOF. LT too for that matter. Different sport but still HOF.

 

[exmediahack]

I knew his guest appearances on The Baseball Bunch would end badly.

Court documents say the girl caught Mr. Rose's attention as she would, after school, "run from the front door to the school bus while others would walk".

 

[DanOregon]

The weird thing about it - if he stayed under the radar and didn't make a stink about MLB allowing fans to bet on the games (while making money on it) they pretty much would have opened the door for him into Cooperstown.

 

[britwrit]

In all fairness, Roman Polanski and Edgar Allen Poe probably aren't going to be in Cooperstown either.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Current law in Florida is that sexual intercourse with someone under 18 is illegal if the other party is over 24. If Florida law was similar in the 70's, then Rose, who was born in 1941 and would have been in his 30's, is still guilty if the woman was under 18. What is incredible is that Rose sued Dowd for slander for saying the woman was under 16. I guess in Rose's mind 16 is fine and 15 is not.

 

[Webster]

I knew his guest appearances on The Baseball Bunch would end badly.

Court documents say the girl caught Mr. Rose's attention as she would, after school, "run from the front door to the school bus while others would walk".

Charley likes hustle.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

 

[LanceyHoward]

Wow. Shocked to learn Charlie Hustle was always a scumbag. Stunned.
There will still be braying "morans," unabashedly supporting his HOF aspirations.

I remember that the 70's Reds did not their allow their players to wear facial hair and prided themselves on their clean-cut, wholesome image as compared to the hirsute, argumentative A's. The front office must have have some idea of what Rose was up to. It is hard to believe this woman was Rose's only teenage conquest. And I would think that some of Rose's associates would have raised eyebrows. While is won't be the first or last time an organization has been massively hypocritical it still makes me chuckle.

 

[dixiehack]

That ban on facial hair lasted through 1998.

 

[tapintoamerica]

I thought it was silly for the team to enshrine a guy who only played 5 years for them. And it is. But it turns out that the Phillies have no standard of service time with the team. Among their Hall of Famers are Sparky Anderson and Ryne Sandberg, both of whom played one year with the team.