European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 23 commentary arrogant Rose struck out looking by Alan Greenberg when you be done wrong apologize. Admit you messed up. Say you re sorry. Say you la never do it again. Throw yourself on the mercy of your superiors and Hope for forgiveness or at least a second Chance. Usually you la get it. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone respects a person who comes Forward and admits he messed up. That s All Pete Rose had to do thursday. With the overwhelming evidence in baseball investigator John Dowd s report against him that s All lie could do if he wanted to begin laying the emotional groundwork that might some Day allow him Back in baseball. Instead Rose apologized Only for the controversy not for his own behaviour. He continued to deny that he d bet on baseball or that he had a gambling problem. This on the Day baseball commissioner a. Bartlett Giamatti finally announced that Rose was suspended for life from baseball for doing just those things. It was Pete Rose at his arrogant Best. "1 Don t think i have a gambling problem at All Rose said. So consequently i won t seek any help of any  what he will seek is the rapid passage of time. I be never looked Forward to a birthday like i m looking Forward to my Newborn daughter s first birthday Rose said. Because two Days after my daughter s birthday i can apply for  and docs he expect to be reinstated after just one year  without a doubt without a  could Pete Rose know something nobody else including Giamatti the Only Man empowered to re Instate him knows or is Rose s capacity for self deception infinite bet on the latter. Rose said his Only regret was that he did not get to Tell my Side of the  that s Bull. Rose had every Opportunity to Tell his Side in the appropriate venue. In the commissioner s office. In the courts. Ultimately probably because of the weight of the evidence against him he and his lawyers chose not to. Thursday Rose said i will Tell my Story in the very near  probably for megabucks. Peter Edward Rose is 48 years old. He amassed More hits 4.256, than any player in history breaking Tycobb s 57-year-old record of 4,191 in 1985, his next to last season. Rose was renowned for his Hustle and aggressiveness during his 24-year playing career. A great interview who almost always said what was on his mind usually in colourful terms Rose was and is an idol to millions. But he willingly and knowingly broke baseball s Rule forbidding gambling. The Rule carries a one year suspension if you bet on games involving other teams a lifetime ban if you bet on games involving your team. That Rule is reprinted in Large Type and is permanently posted in every major league dressing room. You could argue that society sends mixed signals about gambling and you d be right. States endorse and promote Legal lotteries that wring millions of dollars from people who can least afford it. The sports sections of Many newspapers publish daily betting lines on All the major sports. Heck the mayors of cities represented in the world series traditionally bet batches of their cities Best known product. It s All in fun. But it sends the wrong Mes Sage. Some May argue that a society that paroles convicted murderers and rapists and puts them Back on the Street after disgustingly Short jail terms has no business Banning Pete Rose for life from being employed in the sport he loves the thing from which he draws his self esteem. But every Job has its rules and in baseball none is holier than thou Shalt not Gamble on baseball. Law yers found guilty of breaking the rules of their profession arc banned from practising Law. Doctors who do the same Are not allowed to practice Medicine. Pete Rose can work in any business he wants except baseball. Is that so bad for Rose yes. Which is Why knowing he was in such dire Straits the smartest thing Rose could have done thursday was deliver a inca culpa. Say what he did say he was wrong apologize from the Bottom of his heart and Promise to do whatever it took so that baseball might one Day forgive him and restore him to his Field of dreams. Instead Pete Rose conceded Little Only that i be made some  his latest mistake came thursday. Rose was at riverfront stadium wearing a double breasted Navy Blue sports jacket instead of his be loved Cincinnati reds uniform leaning Over a microphone instead of Home plate. It was the biggest at Bat of Pete Rose s life. It was perhaps the most one sided o-and-2 count of All time but Giamatti the metaphoric Pitcher had just thrown Rose a fat one. In announcing that Rose had been banned for life for betting on baseball Giamatti clearly relishing his Triumph had been arrogant with a capital  the former Yale University president acted the part of a pontificating scolding sarcastic academic. He failed to show an ounce of compassion for Rose. By Banning Rose from taking part in the thing he Pete Rose misses his Chance to show remorse. Loves most in the world Giamatti the lifetime fan. Surely had a Strong sense of what his decision How Ever just and fair would do to Rose. Yet never Dur ing the one hour press conference did Giamatti act As if be Felt sorry for Rose whose great name is forever stained. That left Pete Rose with a Chance. A Chance to step out of character and win Public sympathy by acting As humbly As Giamatti had arrogantly. A Chance to do the right thing by promising he d do everything in his Power to pick up the pieces of his life. Then and Only then would he apply to the commissioner for reinstatement. Under baseball s rules a lifetime ban can be lifted if the commissioner sees tit. But Why should the commissioner see fit Given Rose s behaviour thursday Bart Giamatti threw him an easy pitch. And Pete Rose arrogant to the end and never lifting his Bat off his shoulder look a called strike three.  Pete Rose no hero my to Little leagues b  Williamsport a. A to the Best of today s Little leagues Pete Rose is a Hustler no hero and he has no place in the big leagues. He was a Star before their time someone who never played Little league himself and whom they recognize in highlight films and history books not in uniform. These Little leagues competing in their 43rd annual world series Are 11-and 12 year Olds who list their idols As Kirk Gib son and Dale Murphy Dairy Strawberry and Don Mattingly. Not Pete Rose. They still might put him in the Hall of Fame but no longer in the dugout. They Are disappointed but not disturbed by his exile from the game. Cornell Seymour coach of the euro Pean Champion team said Rose could have been a role Model for youngsters. American kids need a lot of Good he roes. Pete Rose could have filled that Bill. He let us Down said Seymour a Brunswick ga., native who coaches a mostly american team from Dhahran saudi Arabia. He was a Good Ideal for the kids Charlie Hustle and everything said Dan o Brien 12, a Pitcher and outfielder from Davenport Iowa. I liked him before the gambling  was a Good hitter said William plam Beck Davenport s first baseman. Whether they liked him or not most of the More than 20 Little leagues interviewed said that if Rose gambled on the game he should be kicked out. He should be banned from baseball if he gambled on baseball said Joey Mccauley Davenport s right fielder. Many Little leagues would still give Rose support for the Hall of Fame. I think he should be in the Hall of Fame because he did establish that Mark with All those hits said Tate Feath Erstone Davenport s third baseman. From Page 21 each had two run doubles among the cardinals 12 hits. St. Louis scored three times in the first inning. Willie Mcgee doubled Milt Thompson walked. Terry Pendleton had an rib single and Brunansky hit a two run double. Oquendo s double made it 5-0 in the second and Ozzie Smith walked and later scored on a double play grounder in the fourth Brunansky tripled with two puts in the eighth and came Home on Smith s infield single. The astros scored in the fourth on sin Gles by Spilman Terry Puhl and Craig Reynolds. In other games Friday pirates 12, reds 3 Cincinnati Cincinnati playing its first game since Pete Rose was banned from baseball for life lost to Pittsburgh As Gary Redus hit for the Cycle for the pirates. Cubs 4, braves 3,12 inning Chicago Ryne Sandberg s run scoring single with one out in the 12th inning lifted Chicago Over Atlanta snap Ping the cubs six game losing Streak. Catcher Rich Wrona recalled earlier in the Day to replace the injured Damon Berryhill. Led off the 12th with a single to left Domingo Ramos sacrificed and Jerome Walton was Given an intentional walk before Sandberg bounced a single to left Field off reliever Mark Eichhorn. 4-4. Phillies 3, dodgers 2 los Angeles Terry Mulholland won his third straight Start and a bases loaded error by los Angeles third base Man Jeff Hamilton led to the go ahead run As Philadelphia beat the dodgers. Expos 12, giants 2 san Francisco Tom Foley drove in four runs with a three run Homer and a double powering Montreal past san Francisco. Padres 5, mete 3,11 innings san Diego Chris James hit a two run Homer with two outs in the 11th inning off Randy Myers As san Diego sent new York to its third straight loss. It was the fourth Home run allowed in70% innings this season by Myers and All have won games. Myers has also allowed. Game winning homers in the opposition last at Bat to Chicago s Mark Grace Philadelphia s von Hayes and Pitts Burgh s Ray Quinonis