NEW YORK, NY – That wuss of a commissioner has been messing with the integrity of Major League Baseball on a constant basis the last few years. The ghost runner in extra innings, the enlargement of the bases, the three pickoff attempt rule, and the must face three batters when a new pitcher comes in are just a start. Then there’s the Ohtani rules that cater to the Japanese sensation whenever he’s removed from pitching, but remains in the game as a Designated Hitter. Let’s not forget his no suspensions until he’s proven innocent, for anything that he’s involved with.
The Pete Rose reinstatement that also brought back “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, still has me shaking my head whenever I read what the wuss uttered: “Obviously a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game.” In this chumps thoughts, you only have to die to get off the permanently ineligible list.
What made this once great game special is its Pride and Tradition.
America’s Pastime has turned to sh1t and the current commissioner is one of the reasons why.
Though they are no longer with us, Rose and Jackson being reinstated means they are both now eligible for Hall of Fame consideration. Both names will be passed on to the Veterans Committee. My question is…why?
Jackson was on the writers ballot back in 1936 and 1940, without being voted in. Rose was never eligible for that ballot. At that time players on the HOF ballot had fifteen years of eligibility to get the necessary 75 percent vote for induction. Why isn’t Rose eligible to be on the writers ballot? He’ll have fifteen years to pull it off, and Jackson should have thirteen years left according to the rules that were in place during their time.
Another gripe for me is Jackson has been dead for 64 years now, leaving us in 1951 at the age of 64. He was acquitted by the courts along with his teammates of fixing the 1919 World Series.
During that series, Jackson batted .375 with 12 hits (then a Series record) along with 1 home run. That was the only one hit by both teams, as it was during that dead ball era. The racist commissioner at that time, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who never met a black man that he liked, took it upon himself to keep all eight of those White Sox players on the ineligible list.
Just like today’s game, you’re still guilty even when you’re proven innocent, and according to the current wuss, only death will reinstate you. Since common sense is a thing of the past, the current commissioner needs to Drop Dead!
