The "Rose thing" is such a bummer because he really WAS a great great "little ball" player. (as opposed to "Little" ballplayer.)

If he'd been on the bubble like that whackball Dave (the dead rat) Kingman, or Jose (I slept with Madonna) Canseco....eventually we'd just forget about it.....and his case would be taken up again forty years from now.

Bit of (constantly repeating irony) apparently they were trying to reach Rose recently about ANOTHER meeting with the Commish......and he was in the Casino!

Chin....I was ANDY CAREY (!!) Yes, I didn't have the ego or the speed to be Gil McDougald, and I played third base when not pitching, in Little, Pony, and Babe Ruth League. As a sidearming Righty, I was JOHNNY KUCKS!! (now THERE'S a forgotton name....maybe I'll do a Google search on him)

When I moved to Toronto, I watched Mike Goliat, Sparky Anderson, ROCKY NELSON (the Babe Ruth of the minors) and Sparky Lyle!

Cheers

Rick