12-26-2015, 11:12 AM
On the lighter side....Cincy WLW Sports Talk back when Bob Trumpy was on it, had this old comedian, Professor Erwin Corey, who dressed like a nutty professor and said a bunch of stupid things and jokes...and on radio Trumpy asked if there should be in Cincinnati a statue of Pete Rose.....and the old comic said, " I don't see why Pete Rose can't get an erection "......( drum rim shot- good straight man work Trumpy ).
That aside....a statue of Pete outside GABP and Reds Hall of Fame and Pete in Reds Hall of Fame and his # 14 retired.....I agree this has nothing to do with the lifetime banishment or the MLB Hall of Fame or New York....All these things fall under State Rights and City Rights and Cincinnati and Ohio should have the United States Constitutional Freedom to honor someone in their city if they want to, and I would take THAT to the US Supreme Court if I was Reds ownership if I had to, and I would win as Curt Flood won against MLB in the Supreme Court.
I'm glad to hear Reds say they will work with MLB, but either way, Pete WILL be in THEIR Reds Hall of Fame in a year or two, very soon. They are working with MLB, but if needed will do it without them.
That aside....a statue of Pete outside GABP and Reds Hall of Fame and Pete in Reds Hall of Fame and his # 14 retired.....I agree this has nothing to do with the lifetime banishment or the MLB Hall of Fame or New York....All these things fall under State Rights and City Rights and Cincinnati and Ohio should have the United States Constitutional Freedom to honor someone in their city if they want to, and I would take THAT to the US Supreme Court if I was Reds ownership if I had to, and I would win as Curt Flood won against MLB in the Supreme Court.
I'm glad to hear Reds say they will work with MLB, but either way, Pete WILL be in THEIR Reds Hall of Fame in a year or two, very soon. They are working with MLB, but if needed will do it without them.
1968 Bengal Fan
