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Posted By: jay behrens

The biggest difference between the Cobb/Speaker incident and the Rose situation is that Cobb and Speaker walked away quietly without raising a stink. Rose on the other hand was incapable of following the simple instructions asked of him and has done nothing but dig his hole deeper.

Was Cobb a nasty, despicable and vile person? No doubt about it. Did he bet on and/or fix games? Most likely. But the big difference between Cobb and Rose is that Cobb seemed to understand that he was not bigger than the game and walked way when he was asked to. Rose still believes that he is bigger than the game and should be accorded special treatment that no one else in his position has ever gotten.

Someone said that Rose should go in a year after Joe Jackson does. I can forgive the Black Sox players for their misdeeds becuase of the situation that existed in their day where gamblers could offer almost a full years salary as a bribe to throw games. Rose has no such excuse for betting on and possibly compromising the integrity of the game.

Jay