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Why Rose can't escape himself

By Buster Olney

Monday, July 27, 2009

MLB commissioner Bud Selig is said to be seriously mulling a pardon for Pete Rose, Bill Madden writes. A pardon would clear the way for Rose to make it into the Hall of Fame. When I first saw the story, I was surprised to feel this: total ambivalence. Rose was an extraordinary player whose passion for success is reflected in his remarkable records: the most hits, the sixth-most runs scored, the second-most doubles. The record that might go more to the heart of what Rose was as a player is that ...

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