Whitey Herzog had 414 career hits in his major league playing career. Bobby Cox had 141, and Tony La Russa had 35. What do these three guys have in common? They were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame! They weren't inducted as players, but managers. No one called into question that they weren't worthy because of their playing career. Pete Rose retired as a player in 1986. The gambling allegations were from 1987-1989 when he was NOT a player. Put him in the Hall of Fame already!!!
Pete rose cheated he should be banned he likely bet against his team and intentionally threw games to make more money you think someone like that deserves to be in the HOF when the rules are clearly written saying you get a life time ban
@@kurumauzamaki2731 “he likely bet against his own team”. accusing a dead man of something not proven and can’t defend himself is wild. Something off with you
@@TL2354 it's an expression. The commissioner in the 80's had to role his Manager and playing career in one thing. When it's 2 separate things. Ban him as a Manager is fine ban him as a player is wrong. Trying to erase him from history.
@kurumauzamaki2731 where's that evidence at?,Let's see it!!!,You can't produce it though can you?,like I already said Mr.Perfect, your opinion doesn't mean diddly squat!!!!😂
Why does the media always downplay Pete Rose's tenure with the Phillies and only mention the Reds? The 1980 World Series champion Phillies team with Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, and Steve Carlton was legendary.
I think it just speaks to how dominate the Big Red Machine was. From batters 1 to 8, they could kill you, and their defense was just as good. No doubt that Phillies team was legendary, but not on the level of the Reds.
Pete Rose played baseball the way it was meant to be played, growing up the Cincinnati Reds were bigger than life, Cesar Geronimo was my guy, i played the outfield all my life, i emalated my style in the field like Cesar did. RIP Mr. Rose 🌹
Pete Rose is dead, but his son and former major leaguer Pete Rose Jr. is still alive. Do Pete Rose's family right. Put him on the ballot, have the debate, and let there be a vote. His lifetime ban should be over now that he has passed on.
It does have to be noted that dying did not get SJ Jackson and Cicotte(the previous 2 slam dunk HOFers to get lifetime bans) on the ballot. Pete Rose has a lot more momentum because people disagree with the decision more widely but based on history this changes nothing.
What I think about Pete Rose and Joe Jackson is something I think many people, can agree on. MLB was partly correct in banning them for life. Good, you stop their career if they are playing (Jackson) or managing (Rose). They can never be a player, coach, manager, general manager, president of player operations etc. they have been banned from participating in Major League Baseball. But the Hall of Fame is different, it’s a museum, they should have still been allowed to be selected or elected into the museum with the numbers they put up. They are no longer allowed to participate in any organization. If the Reds can put Rose into their HOF and the Pirates can put Bonds in their HOF, why can’t the general baseball HOF honor the men.
Rose was perhaps the toughest "Out" ever. This guy would fight you Tooth and Nail, fouling off tough pitches until finally slapping a single through the hole. "Charlie Hustle" played the game the way it should be played and was the sports toughest competitor ever. The MLB Hall of Fame is but a shell without Rose. Respect to Stephen A for throwing MLB HOF voters under the bus.🚌
Nobody wants to have the discussion on how hypocritical MLB for keeping Pete Rose banned while they are business partners with Draft Kings and other online sports betting.
Different time, different rules apply now, just because it was ok now does not automatically mean it was ok when it Pete Rose did it, AND HE WAS THE GOD DAMN MANAGER, YOU CAN’T BET ON GAMES WHICH YOU ARE PLAYING OR MANAGING IN MAN.
@@SteveAJonesEntertainmentnow I will say that is total bull Shohei basically got away with a huge grin because he is their golden boy and let’s just pin it on his interpreter instead
Enough.....by the standards of behavior displayed and tolerated by the bad boys of sports this day and time, Pete's gambling on games was a garden variety crime; it's ridiculous that his sins are still being judged by the norms of the sixties. HOF for Pete now.
@@bigballer6666and you don’t think that affected games? He also didn’t bet on them every game so that tells bookies that he doesn’t believe in his team that day
@@TL2354 no I don’t. He bet on his own team and then affected the game trying to win the game? That sounds like his job…. There has never been any proof he bet on the other team. Nobody has even alleged that. Maybe some random bookie but I have never seen that
@@6foot7natiboy again you’d rather believe the pathological liar in Pete rose vs the person who had ALL the information first hand doing all the investigating cause that’s exactly what the investigator said
Thank you Stephen A! I grew up watching Pete Rose and I am sick about this loss. It’s a travesty and haven’t been able to watch baseball since! It broke my daddy’s heart!
MLB, you don't get to ban a former player forever and send condolences as if you still have anything to do with him. Otherwise, put him on HOF because this whole "crime" is worse than getting a death penalty.
I don’t even think Clemens took anything. I mean you got McGwire, Bonds, Clemens were stars in college and came in to MLB in the mid 80s. Then they put in testing in the mid 2000s. And since they are associated with PEDs, the judgement is their whole career is invalid. I could kind of see if they tested positive and were suspended, but it’s a bit ti harsh for me. Baseball has to loosen up a bit.
I know, no other sport has their Hall of Fame looks like that. It's a museum not a justice system. If the Reds can put Pete in their Hall of Fame, and the Pirates can put Bonds in their Hall of Fame, what is the deal with general HOF in baseball? Stupid
Charlie Hustle was given to him by Whitey and Mickey.NOBODY can take the 4256 hits away from him. I remember 1960 when I first watched an NYP game in Auburn NY vs Geneva NY and a 19 yr old named Pete Rose. I was 9 and a fan ++ ever since. RIP Pete
😅, Shannon keeps saying "Seaver". Tom Seaver's prime was as a member of the N.Y. Mets, well before he was traded to the Reds in 1977. His crowning achievement with the Reds was a 1978 no-hitter, after tossing five one-hitters as a Mets hurler...
Can you imagine how empty the MLB HOF would be if you had to be an angel to get in the place. I wish that the Pete Rose story had ended differently, but it didn't. As a player, he simply was Mr. Baseball. RIP Peter Edward Rose!
Mad Dog, and Stephen A. ,everything you both said is right on!!!,but all this passion, where has it been?, You all talk now,but when you could have lent your voices to Help Pete before his passing,there was nothing but silence!!!, both of your comments had this Lifetime Reds Fan in tears!!!!,I was so Lucky to have been a Kid playing Little League all through the 70's in Cincinnati and Getting to Root for Possibly The Greatest Major League Baseball Team Ever Assembled, my Hometown Big Red Machine!!!,The Great Eight!!!!,Rose,Bench,Morgan,Perez,Griffey,Concepcion,Foster,and Geronimo!!!!,Pete Rose was the best Player on the Field!!!!,He was a 17 time All Star!!!!!,and He was an All Star at 5 different positions!!!!,2nd Base,Right Field,Left Field,3rd Base,and 1st Base, he had a Ten Year Stretch where he had over 200 hits a Season!!!!,The Hit King should have been Inducted into Cooperstown while he was still alive, he desreved to be forgiven!!!,I Pray that he still will be,and that his Kids and Family will get to see it, along with Millions of Americans and MLB Fans who forgave Pete Rose for the mistakes he made long ago!!!!MLB is so full of Hipocrits, along with the National Baseball Writers Association and The National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown New York!!!!,Nothing But HIPOCRITS!!!!!!!, PETE ROSE "THE HIT KING" 4256 All Time Hits!!!!!Rest in Peace Charlie Hustle!!!!!!!
Stephen A has always been quite passionate about how wrong it is that Rose isn't in the HOF. But baseball is rarely ever talked about on sports shows and when it is, I am guessing there are certain topics ESPN won't allow them to talk about I would guess this is one of them. But I can remember seeing clips of Stephen A going off on this topic way back when it was still him and Skip Bayless on First Take.
Totally agree with you. I had the pleasure of watching him play when I was a kid playing in the little leagues back then. Every kid wanted to be Pete Rose.
@KoumThammBets right and when I hear people say we can't talk pete rose without bringing up gambling does Ray Lewis involvement with murder get brought up when we talk about him
Pete Rose's family should sue the shit out of MLB, TVs and social media every time they use Pete Rose's name for any type of attentions. Stephen A is 100% right about them profiting off of his name. It's disgusting. The HOF is a joke.
Shannon, just shut up. The fire of Stephen A is everything. Thank you. I don't hate Molly, but sometimes she just doesn't need to be heard. That segment should have ended with Stephen A's fire.
Baseball fans know rose and bonds are the best players to ever walk the earth being in the HoF doesn’t change that fans will never forget them I’m from Northern California and I think I seen more rose jerseys than anything else up here
Gambling is an American culture everyone does it I don't care if you are a blue-collar worker, athlete, actor, etc... You go to Stadiums all you see gambling adverting like Draft Kings, ESPN Bets telling you to bet online. And here we are mourning Pete Rose God bless his soul he's in Hall of Heavens with the rest of the all-time greats. RIP Charlie Hustle🙏 Now if you excuse me, I'm about to go bet on my Detroit Tigers 🐯💰👍
With all due respect. I don't even like Stephen A. Smith.... but I tell you, this is the best take I've heard from him ever. I understand baseball wants to keep things pure, HOWEVER!!. The picking and choosing of players,when it's convenient for you. Is what I can't stand. Their's many disgraceful players,with checkered pasts in the Hall. But because the masses like the individual,they'll make all kinds of excuses for that person. BASEBALL, HOF VOTERS JUST KEEP THE ENERGY THE SAME FOR EVERY ONE!!
Charley hustle , my favorite baseball ⚾ player of all time .he played the game with energy and enthusiasm .he should be in the hall of Fame, for when he played , before the gambling took place. Rest in peace 🕊️ pete rose 🙏
I don't usually align with SAS rants, but I 1000% agree with him here. What MLB did to this man was an absolute disgrace. MLB cares more about policing the game than promoting/celebrating it. And thats why they are losing fans.
This is the same league that happily benefited off the steroid era and dismissed every player they profited from. It's the same league that didn't do a damn thing to the 2017 astros, the same league that discriminated against black people forcing the negro league to exist, the same league that now profits off gambling. It's disgustingly hypocritical what they did to Pete Rose. Stephen A is 100% right about forgiveness because MLB has sinned much more than any player that's played in that league.
Steven A. Smith, I didn't used to like you due to some of your past positions and comments but, after this, I will always hold you in the highest regards. Thank you for speaking the truth and doing some justice towards Pete Rose. Now, I'm another fan of yours.
@@trevor8307 Ohtani has leverage. If MLB bans him he can FO to Japan and be a star there. Rose was a manager they weren't robbing themselves of any money to ban him.
I got to admit… I am a huge critic of Stephen A, i think at times he is completely full of it… but this is the greatest take of his life. I was extremely moved by his passionate defence of putting Pete in the HOF. Every word and syllable was a bullseye. SAS deserves nothing but praise about this… MLB’s lack of forgiveness is criminal
Dayton Ohio's Mike Schmidt knew that his friend Pete Rose was the missing piece for a Phillies Championship. Tom Seaver became a Red after the wheels of The Big Red Machine had started coming off. Big Doggie was gone.
Rose will get in now that he's dead, but it's a crime that he had to die for MLB to let him in. You can't tell story of baseball without Charlie Hustle.
![Blox Fruits Dragon Rework Update [Full Stream]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EqDAp8udhm0/mqdefault.jpg)
Mad Dog’s point about players in the Hall of Fame who were racist and didn’t want to play with Jackie Robinson was solid
Great point
That's his white guilt talking
@@fxltspiss off
Not sure it's the same. Those guys didn't break any rules. They were just terrible ppl
@@RL-ww5ev neither did he break any rules as a player
This might be Stephen A’s best take ever
Agreed!
Agreed. Spot on.
100% agree. I was thinking the exact same thing.
Whitey Herzog had 414 career hits in his major league playing career. Bobby Cox had 141, and Tony La Russa had 35. What do these three guys have in common? They were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame! They weren't inducted as players, but managers. No one called into question that they weren't worthy because of their playing career. Pete Rose retired as a player in 1986. The gambling allegations were from 1987-1989 when he was NOT a player. Put him in the Hall of Fame already!!!
100%
This might just be the highlight of Stephen A's career, god bless him.
God*
Exactly
Kudos to Stephen A. His best segment in years. No one plays the sport nowadays like Pete did. Sports were so much better before.
I know, baseball, football, basketball and hockey were so much better in the 80s and 90s compared to today. Let alone before that it was even better.
Pete rose cheated he should be banned he likely bet against his team and intentionally threw games to make more money you think someone like that deserves to be in the HOF when the rules are clearly written saying you get a life time ban
@kurumauzamaki2731 hey Mr.Perfect it's so wonderful to know that your opinion doesn't mean diddly squat!!!!😂😂😂😂
@@rgarrison1819his opinion was carried out by Major League Baseball
@@kurumauzamaki2731 “he likely bet against his own team”. accusing a dead man of something not proven and can’t defend himself is wild. Something off with you
Don’t forget, he brought a World Series championship to the Phillies in 1980. Deep respect to Stephen A.
This may just be Stephen A Smith greatest rant
Stephen A does not always get it right but he nailed this one.
Yes he did and I disagree with Stephen A 95% of the time, but he did hit this one out of the ballpark.
SAS had ALWAYS defended Pete Rose! Even in the time when he did First Take with Skip Bayless.
His best take so far!
Exactly Stephen A. has defended. Pete rose for YEARS
Pete Rose will not be forgotten
For once I agree with Stephen a smith. It's a crime Rose isn't in the HOF.
What crime?
@@TL2354 it's an expression. The commissioner in the 80's had to role his Manager and playing career in one thing. When it's 2 separate things. Ban him as a Manager is fine ban him as a player is wrong. Trying to erase him from history.
@@jakedupree7268but there’s evidence he was betting while playing too tho
@kurumauzamaki2731 where's that evidence at?,Let's see it!!!,You can't produce it though can you?,like I already said Mr.Perfect, your opinion doesn't mean diddly squat!!!!😂
Hall of FAme ain't worth shizzle w/o Pete. Pete is literally the CAPATAIN of the hall of fame
Why does the media always downplay Pete Rose's tenure with the Phillies and only mention the Reds? The 1980 World Series champion Phillies team with Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, and Steve Carlton was legendary.
I think it just speaks to how dominate the Big Red Machine was. From batters 1 to 8, they could kill you, and their defense was just as good. No doubt that Phillies team was legendary, but not on the level of the Reds.
I know right. The Phillies were a powerhouse back then.
I hope Pete left something in writing suggesting in no uncertain terms what the MLB can do with Their Hall of Fame.
Pete Rose played baseball the way it was meant to be played, growing up the Cincinnati Reds were bigger than life, Cesar Geronimo was my guy, i played the outfield all my life, i emalated my style in the field like Cesar did.
RIP Mr. Rose 🌹
Pete Rose is dead, but his son and former major leaguer Pete Rose Jr. is still alive. Do Pete Rose's family right. Put him on the ballot, have the debate, and let there be a vote. His lifetime ban should be over now that he has passed on.
It's commonly called lifetime ban, but I believe it's also "permanent ineligibility".
It does have to be noted that dying did not get SJ Jackson and Cicotte(the previous 2 slam dunk HOFers to get lifetime bans) on the ballot. Pete Rose has a lot more momentum because people disagree with the decision more widely but based on history this changes nothing.
it should be a ban as a manager not as a player
This is the greatest piece by Stephen A. ever
Stephan A hasnt done a segment that well in a long time. Nice to see
What I think about Pete Rose and Joe Jackson is something I think many people, can agree on. MLB was partly correct in banning them for life. Good, you stop their career if they are playing (Jackson) or managing (Rose). They can never be a player, coach, manager, general manager, president of player operations etc. they have been banned from participating in Major League Baseball. But the Hall of Fame is different, it’s a museum, they should have still been allowed to be selected or elected into the museum with the numbers they put up. They are no longer allowed to participate in any organization. If the Reds can put Rose into their HOF and the Pirates can put Bonds in their HOF, why can’t the general baseball HOF honor the men.
You have it 100% correct
As a player name one player who give it more effort than Pete Rose
I am from Cincinnati I walked by the ball fields where Pete Rose grew up playing ball you feel like there's a ghost walking around
I wish I could, but there is none other than Rose. Man hit .335 in the year of the pitcher in 1968
Rose was perhaps the toughest "Out" ever. This guy would fight you Tooth and Nail, fouling off tough pitches until finally slapping a single through the hole. "Charlie Hustle" played the game the way it should be played and was the sports toughest competitor ever. The MLB Hall of Fame is but a shell without Rose. Respect to Stephen A for throwing MLB HOF voters under the bus.🚌
I'd argue that the only person who might have been a tougher out than Pete Rose was Tony Gwynn, but that's a big maybe.
Stephen A. didn’t miss at all
100% deserves to be in the hall of fame!!
Nobody wants to have the discussion on how hypocritical MLB for keeping Pete Rose banned while they are business partners with Draft Kings and other online sports betting.
Shohei Ohtani squandered $14 million on gambling and got caught up in a scandal because of it yet MLB can't kiss his ass enough.
Different time, different rules apply now, just because it was ok now does not automatically mean it was ok when it Pete Rose did it, AND HE WAS THE GOD DAMN MANAGER, YOU CAN’T BET ON GAMES WHICH YOU ARE PLAYING OR MANAGING IN MAN.
@@SteveAJonesEntertainmentnow I will say that is total bull Shohei basically got away with a huge grin because he is their golden boy and let’s just pin it on his interpreter instead
Stephen A made me tear up with this take, kudos to you my brother. RIP to Mr. Rose 🙏🏾
Enough.....by the standards of behavior displayed and tolerated by the bad boys of sports this day and time, Pete's gambling on games was a garden variety crime; it's ridiculous that his sins are still being judged by the norms of the sixties. HOF for Pete now.
Especially him gambling on his own team to win, it’s crazy
@@bigballer6666and you don’t think that affected games? He also didn’t bet on them every game so that tells bookies that he doesn’t believe in his team that day
@@TL2354 no I don’t. He bet on his own team and then affected the game trying to win the game? That sounds like his job…. There has never been any proof he bet on the other team. Nobody has even alleged that. Maybe some random bookie but I have never seen that
4,769 prof hits. 1,109 before lowering of mound. 5,929 times on base. 1,972 wins. 3x champ. '75 WS MVP. #letsgoreds #gobucksbeatblue #whodey #nohof
Know cheater blowing games to make more money yea sounds like a decent person who broke no rules and never agreed to a permanent ban
@@kurumauzamaki2731But He's still The All Time Hit King!!!!,and you can't take that away Hater!!!!😂😂😂😂
RIP Rose. Too hell with Overrated State University!!!
He never bet on them to lose. They never threw a game. Get your facts straight stop spewing this hater bullshit
@@6foot7natiboy again you’d rather believe the pathological liar in Pete rose vs the person who had ALL the information first hand doing all the investigating cause that’s exactly what the investigator said
Not many times but Stephen A 100% right
Thank you Stephen A! I grew up watching Pete Rose and I am sick about this loss. It’s a travesty and haven’t been able to watch baseball since! It broke my daddy’s heart!
Thank you Stephan for saying what's true!!!!! Ty bro from Cincinnati for standing up for PETE!!!!!!!
MLB, you don't get to ban a former player forever and send condolences as if you still have anything to do with him. Otherwise, put him on HOF because this whole "crime" is worse than getting a death penalty.
Stephen A great take; this applies to Bonds and Clemens too - I will never visit the HOF unless my son wants to go, it is so hypocritical
I don’t even think Clemens took anything. I mean you got McGwire, Bonds, Clemens were stars in college and came in to MLB in the mid 80s. Then they put in testing in the mid 2000s. And since they are associated with PEDs, the judgement is their whole career is invalid. I could kind of see if they tested positive and were suspended, but it’s a bit ti harsh for me. Baseball has to loosen up a bit.
Yeah, it's a travesty that the greats of the game aren't recognized at the hall of fame, when players who were way inferior get inducted.
I know, no other sport has their Hall of Fame looks like that. It's a museum not a justice system. If the Reds can put Pete in their Hall of Fame, and the Pirates can put Bonds in their Hall of Fame, what is the deal with general HOF in baseball? Stupid
that was one of stephen a best take. not many times i can say that.
12:45 Shannon's face as he thinks about IG Live.
Nasty work 😂
Charlie Hustle was given to him by Whitey and Mickey.NOBODY can take the 4256 hits away from him. I remember 1960 when I first watched an NYP game in Auburn NY vs Geneva NY and a 19 yr old named Pete Rose. I was 9 and a fan ++ ever since. RIP Pete
😅, Shannon keeps saying "Seaver". Tom Seaver's prime was as a member of the N.Y. Mets, well before he was traded to the Reds in 1977. His crowning achievement with the Reds was a 1978 no-hitter, after tossing five one-hitters as a Mets hurler...
His playing career speaks for itself and should be in the hall as a player. He bet as a manager so fine ban him as a manager
He was a player manager so he bet as a player
@@TL2354 but he never threw a game. Like MD said, he only had confidence in his team. It didn't affect the game at all, so it should be forgiven.
@@thunderstruck73190exactly he only bet on his team to win lol
Can you imagine how empty the MLB HOF would be if you had to be an angel to get in the place. I wish that the Pete Rose story had ended differently, but it didn't. As a player, he simply was Mr. Baseball. RIP Peter Edward Rose!
SAS cooked with this one. Let this man in the HOF
Mad Dog, and Stephen A. ,everything you both said is right on!!!,but all this passion, where has it been?, You all talk now,but when you could have lent your voices to Help Pete before his passing,there was nothing but silence!!!, both of your comments had this Lifetime Reds Fan in tears!!!!,I was so Lucky to have been a Kid playing Little League all through the 70's in Cincinnati and Getting to Root for Possibly The Greatest Major League Baseball Team Ever Assembled, my Hometown Big Red Machine!!!,The Great Eight!!!!,Rose,Bench,Morgan,Perez,Griffey,Concepcion,Foster,and Geronimo!!!!,Pete Rose was the best Player on the Field!!!!,He was a 17 time All Star!!!!!,and He was an All Star at 5 different positions!!!!,2nd Base,Right Field,Left Field,3rd Base,and 1st Base, he had a Ten Year Stretch where he had over 200 hits a Season!!!!,The Hit King should have been Inducted into Cooperstown while he was still alive, he desreved to be forgiven!!!,I Pray that he still will be,and that his Kids and Family will get to see it, along with Millions of Americans and MLB Fans who forgave Pete Rose for the mistakes he made long ago!!!!MLB is so full of Hipocrits, along with the National Baseball Writers Association and The National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown New York!!!!,Nothing But HIPOCRITS!!!!!!!, PETE ROSE "THE HIT KING" 4256 All Time Hits!!!!!Rest in Peace Charlie Hustle!!!!!!!
Stephen A has always been quite passionate about how wrong it is that Rose isn't in the HOF. But baseball is rarely ever talked about on sports shows and when it is, I am guessing there are certain topics ESPN won't allow them to talk about I would guess this is one of them. But I can remember seeing clips of Stephen A going off on this topic way back when it was still him and Skip Bayless on First Take.
“He stole something God didn’t intend for him to get…” Shannon is a wordsmith extraordinaire
This might be the best posture, the best rant by SAS on his whole career.
Well done Stephen A. Great take
Pete Rose al salón de la fama ya!!!
Pete is the leader of giving it all! He was my inspiration as a child playing Little league, nMy Idol. I copied his 110% effort.
0:14 how in the world were they able to make these lights look so much like their faces back in those days!?
biggest disgrace in mlb history that rose never got into HOF
Totally agree with you. I had the pleasure of watching him play when I was a kid playing in the little leagues back then. Every kid wanted to be Pete Rose.
I do not recognize Tom Seaver as being part of the Big Red Machine. He joined the Reds in June 1977.
Rose, Bench, Morgan and Sparky Anderson.
He was trying to get him included in the franchise four mention too 😂😂
True. Most of his highlights were with the Mets.
@@terenceturner8201you forgot "Doggy" HOF'er The Great Tony Perez #24
Thank you Stephen A. Smith!
That man hit the baseball more than any player who's ever played the game. It's a joke that he's not in the HOF.
13:00 "He was just 83 years old." - Molly
Pete rose ban from gambling but oj simpson in the hall of fame for murder
Ray Lewis too.
@KoumThammBets right and when I hear people say we can't talk pete rose without bringing up gambling does Ray Lewis involvement with murder get brought up when we talk about him
O.J. went in before, and the court of law deemed him innocent. Remember, the glove didn't fit 🤷♂️
@nr30199 so they could of removed him
@h61625 IF he had been convicted of murder maybe they would have, but he wasn't 🤷♂️
Well noted, Stephen A.
Amen, Stephen A.!
Pete Rose's family should sue the shit out of MLB, TVs and social media every time they use Pete Rose's name for any type of attentions. Stephen A is 100% right about them profiting off of his name. It's disgusting. The HOF is a joke.
Shannon, just shut up. The fire of Stephen A is everything. Thank you. I don't hate Molly, but sometimes she just doesn't need to be heard. That segment should have ended with Stephen A's fire.
How bout you STFU Stephen A right but Shannon ain't say nothing wrong
I finally agree with Stephen A Smith
Baseball fans know rose and bonds are the best players to ever walk the earth being in the HoF doesn’t change that fans will never forget them I’m from Northern California and I think I seen more rose jerseys than anything else up here
Gambling is an American culture everyone does it I don't care if you are a blue-collar worker, athlete, actor, etc... You go to Stadiums all you see gambling adverting like Draft Kings, ESPN Bets telling you to bet online. And here we are mourning Pete Rose God bless his soul he's in Hall of Heavens with the rest of the all-time greats. RIP Charlie Hustle🙏 Now if you excuse me, I'm about to go bet on my Detroit Tigers 🐯💰👍
Rose ain't nowhere close to any sort of Heaven.
Betting is a toxic problem
Guys Betting is a Toxic Problem
Betting on baseball as a manager has nothing to do with him being the all time hits leader. His ban was beyond stupid
I couldn't have said it any better. Rose not being in the HOF is BEYOND an absolute disgrace!
With all due respect. I don't even like Stephen A. Smith.... but I tell you, this is the best take I've heard from him ever. I understand baseball wants to keep things pure, HOWEVER!!. The picking and choosing of players,when it's convenient for you. Is what I can't stand. Their's many disgraceful players,with checkered pasts in the Hall. But because the masses like the individual,they'll make all kinds of excuses for that person. BASEBALL, HOF VOTERS JUST KEEP THE ENERGY THE SAME FOR EVERY ONE!!
Pete Rose had a life & carrier yes, but MLB won't allow him to have a Legacy.
Rose DOES have a legacy of his own creation. A great hitter that is a worthless POS in real life.
Charley hustle , my favorite baseball ⚾ player of all time .he played the game with energy and enthusiasm .he should be in the hall of Fame, for when he played , before the gambling took place. Rest in peace 🕊️ pete rose 🙏
Well stated Gents.
One of the VERY RARE times I agree with Stephen A...
Might be my favorite Stephen A take of all time.
Stephen A is 100% right...very well said & props to him for speaking up about all that 👍
Stephen a cut a WWE Promo 😂😂🔥🔥
I don't usually align with SAS rants, but I 1000% agree with him here. What MLB did to this man was an absolute disgrace. MLB cares more about policing the game than promoting/celebrating it. And thats why they are losing fans.
This is the same league that happily benefited off the steroid era and dismissed every player they profited from. It's the same league that didn't do a damn thing to the 2017 astros, the same league that discriminated against black people forcing the negro league to exist, the same league that now profits off gambling. It's disgustingly hypocritical what they did to Pete Rose. Stephen A is 100% right about forgiveness because MLB has sinned much more than any player that's played in that league.
Ohtanhi Gambled on Baseball ⚾ this year. Smh. Pete Rose was a manager and they kept his Hall of Fame player career out. Smh
Stephen A is on the money! 👍🏼
Long live Charlie Hustle
Pete Rose=Captain of Hall of Fame! No one ever did more.
Awesome video.
Hats off to Stephen A!
This is a lot of people are Tuning in to MLB Network than ESPN and this are facts.
Stephen A was cooking🔥🔥🔥🔥
Steven A. Smith,
I didn't used to like you due to some of your past positions and comments but, after this, I will always hold you in the highest regards. Thank you for speaking the truth and doing some justice towards Pete Rose. Now, I'm another fan of yours.
amen Stephen A!
4 greatest Reds players of all time? Bench, Rose, Larkin, and Votto.
Ummm…no. Joe Morgan. Ken Griffey, Jr. Tony Perez. Tom Seaver.
How about Joe Morgan?
@@stevepipenger4651 Tom Seaver was a Met
Votto? No
Greatest things Stephen a said ever
Barry Bonds, Sosa, McQuire=let them in too! kids loved them all!
He bets 450k and gets banned, but ohtani bets 40 MILLION and gets a slap on the wrist. MLB is wrong for this
Ohtani didn’t even get a slap on the wrist. He got nothing! Why? Because they couldn’t find anything on him.
@@trevor8307 Ohtani has leverage. If MLB bans him he can FO to Japan and be a star there. Rose was a manager they weren't robbing themselves of any money to ban him.
Ohtani never got caught...it was his translator...stop insinuating
@@Howard6461 you just said he never got caught but I'm insinuating? Wonder where his interpreter got 40 mil from? But that would be insinuating
@@commodorezero Potential leverage doesn’t equal guilt.
Anyone who had more hits than Cobb is great
Keep preaching Steven A. I am with you.
Stephen A blazing the set with truth and FIRE!
I got to admit… I am a huge critic of Stephen A, i think at times he is completely full of it… but this is the greatest take of his life. I was extremely moved by his passionate defence of putting Pete in the HOF. Every word and syllable was a bullseye.
SAS deserves nothing but praise about this… MLB’s lack of forgiveness is criminal
Dayton Ohio's Mike Schmidt knew that his friend Pete Rose was the missing piece for a Phillies Championship.
Tom Seaver became a Red after the wheels of The Big Red Machine had started coming off. Big Doggie was gone.
Thank you Stephen A.
Rose will get in now that he's dead, but it's a crime that he had to die for MLB to let him in. You can't tell story of baseball without Charlie Hustle.
Steven A Smith is 100% right. Pete Rose should absolutely be in Coopers town.
Hell yes spit those facts Stephen A!!!
Rip Pete the hall of fame is nothing without you
My goodness amen guys
Preach Steven a 👍
I Have not watched another baseball game and I WON'T until they put that man in the Hall of Fame which he deserves!!! RIP MY HERO!!
Stephen A. is right
🙏"Charlie Hustle " ⚾
That was great
SAS bodied this take!!!!!👏🏿🔥
Hell yeah, go Stephen A!
Man this is an epic rant by Stephen A smith
Molly (again) it's "ne-VAD-a" rhyming with "mad" lol