European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. July 21, 1990 the stars and stripes Pago 23commentary wont for Pete Rose the first five months will be the easiest. He must report on aug. 10 to an Ashland ky., a a minicams a As its known that is still under construction across the Street from a Federal medium Security Slammer about a 3-hour drive from the courthouse in Cincinnati where he was sentenced thursday for two felony tax evasion convictions. The Camp in Ashland along the Ohio River resembles a Leafy Smalt College Campus with recreation rooms where baseball games Are shown on television. Its for convicts with Short sentences for non violent crimes who Are not Likely to try to escape. It has no Walls or fences. After those five months Pete Rose must serve another year of supervised release which will include three months in a Community treatment Center or Halfway House and 1,000 hours fat least 20 hours a week of Community service in Cincinnati schools. And that a when people will find out if fete Rose has changed his life. Pete Rose might con the cons in Ashland but he can to con the kids. Listening to him those kids will know if Pete Rose has really changed his life. If he has kicked his gambling habit if five months even in a minicams has taught him he can to get away with things you re not supposed to do just because you re Pete Rose. That a his real problem. You re not supposed to bet on baseball but the baseball commissioner concluded he did. You re not supposed to hide your income but the feds concluded he did. As the reds Lead off Batter Rose was once hit in the ribs by a pitch. He picked up the Ball and tossed it gently to the Pitcher Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh pirates. Through the courtroom doors Pete Rose suddenly Dave Anderson appeared. He was wearing his Best sincere suit charcoal Gray with a White shirt and a red and Black tie. But his head was Down. As he walked into the Wood panelled Federal courtroom a few baseball fans applauded noisily but briefly. As he and his attorneys sat at a table he kept looking around. And every so often he bit his lip. In baseball Pete Rose was never known for biting his lip. At precisely 10 a.m., judge s. Arthur Spiegel entered in his Black Robe. Short glasses firm Law. When the judge asked Rose if he wished to make a statement Rose replied a yes  his voice Low he described himself As a a very shameful Quot Pete Rose. He talked about How he is perceived As Quot aggressive and Quot arrogant a but insisted he had a a emotions and a feelings Quot like everybody else. A i lost my dignity a he said his voice breaking Quot i lost my self respect. I lost a lot of dear fans and almost lost some very dear  he talked about How his 5-year-old son Tyler had heard his schoolmates Call his daddy a a jailbird a he talked about How he had a no excuses because it s All my fault a How he hoped a somewhere somehow to a make it up to everybody that i disappointed and let  then he stood there and listened. Quot Foremost a the judge began a we must recognize that there arc two people Here Pete Rose the living legend the All time hit Leader and the idol of millions and Pete Rose the individual who appears today convicted of two counts of cheating on his  a a the judge also explained that his ruling did not concern whether Rose was a treated fairly Quot by the baseball commissioner whether the Dowd report was objective and balanced whether Rose gambled on baseball or whether he a should have been banished from baseball. Moments later Pete Rose knew. When the judge spoke about hoping that the former reds manager would Quot make the most of the opportunities presented to him while confined and a return to society with a clean slate having paid his debt a Pete Rose knew he was going to jail. After the sentence had been read Pete Rose turned and departed on his own recognizance. Without a word. Without a gesture. When you re hit with a jail sentence you Don t Roll it Back to the judge As the reds manager Pete Rose once said a i always kept my head in the game. Not just my body but my head. Like i know you done to make the first out or the last out at third  As it turned out Pete Rose did no to keep his head in the game of life. Because he was Pete Rose he thought he could get away with betting on baseball because he was Pete Rose he even thought he could get away with not reporting some of the Money he made at baseball Memorabilia shows. The betting caught up with him nearly a year ago. And thursday he was sentenced As a convicted tax Felon. Its not a hard prison but maybe its enough to make him think that maybe he can t defy rules and Laws just because he a Pete Rose the to Yortis to Ltd a s sentence reviews by the associated press the people with whom Pete Rose spent his 30 years in baseball preferred on thursday to recall Rose the player rather than Rose the admitted tax evader. But those who did no to know him were less Likely to be charitable. On the Day Rose received a 5-month prison term and additional penalties for failing to report his earnings from sales of his Memorabilia the reaction was per haps Best stated by Dallas Green Rose s manager on the 1980 world series Champion Philadelphia Phillies. A i think we re All saddened by what happened to him a Green said a i remember Pete Rose the baseball player. When he put on a uniform there Wasny to a player More dedicated. He played every mining with everything he act. All of us make decisions in life and we have to live with them. He made decisions that took him Down the wrong  added new York mets manager Bud Harrelson who fought with Rose during the 1973 National league playoffs Quot i think he lucked out today considering what he could have gotten. Now he can just get the jail sentence behind him and get on with his  Phillies president Bill Giles said Rose a will always be remembered As one of the greatest players in baseball history Quot the sentence which also includes three months in a Halfway House 1,000 hours of Community service and a $50,000 Fine hardly came As a Surprise. Last aug. 24, Rose was banned from baseball for life by the late commissioner a. Bartlett Giamatti for gambling on sporting events. So for most baseball people there Wasny to much More to say about the Fate Pete Rose. Friends offer support of baseball Sall time hit Leader whose private life has been so Public Over the last 18 months. A a it a hard for me to even think about that a said Phillies coach Larry Bowa a former teammate of Rose. A knowing Pete the Way 1 think i know him he a probably the individual with the Best mental toughness in be Ever seen in anybody a a he a going to be Hurt by this. But once this is All said and done and the dust settles Peters going to get on with his life. He made a mistake. We All make mistakes. He s paying the debt to society now. I done to think he has anything to be ashamed  Detroit manager Sparky Anderson also managed Cincinnati a big red machine that won world titles in 1975 and 1976 with a cast that included Rose. A the Only thing ill say about Pete Rose is that he a the greatest competitor in be Ever managed. This in no Way will Ever change my feelings about him As a ballplayer. In my heart he a a Hall of Famer Quot Anderson said. A a it a unfortunate it had to happen Quot Boston general manager Lou Gorman said. A the was a great player but there a not much More you can  others were not so forgiving and some had no comment. Ron Peters the bookmaker who said Rose used him to place bets declined to comment through spokesmen at the Terre haute ind Federal prison Camp. Peters is serving two years after pleading guilty in april 1989 to drug trafficking and filing a false income tax. Earlier Peters told the Dayton Ohio daily news that he expected Rose to receive a prison sentence. A i Hope he leaves his cocky arrogant attitude at Home Quot Peters said a it wont serve him Well in prison. But in a sure hell be treated the same As on the streets a some inmates won t like him and some will idolize  Joe Preseren general manager of the Tulsa drillers of the a Texas league suggested that despite his on Field credentials his off Field problems should keep Rose out of the Hall of Fame. �?o1 think his off Field problems overshadow his on Field greatness a Preseren said. A i just think that he apparently Cut through to the Basic integrity of the game. 1 Hope people learn that there Are some Basic rights and wombs that everyone in society needs to follow including or. Rose.�?�. Fth Rity status might have helped him. I done to think he was treated too much differently than an Ordinary person would be although to some degree i think there was consideration of his status a Weigel said a everyone in baseball is aware of the severity of hanging out with irrefutable people and  and the ultimate reaction came from a visitor to the Hall of Fame in Coopers town . A a everybody a got to pay taxes. Why should he be any different Quot said Doug Zukowsky of River Vale no. Quot if he Wasny to someone Well known he would have gotten  s son so is game to be of dad s sentencing Lynchburg a. A it a Pete Rose or. Skipped his Carolina league game thursday night to be in Cincinnati where his father was sentenced earlier in the Day to a 5-month prison term on tax charges Wally Moon the manager of the Frederick keys of the class a league said Rose left the keys on tuesday to be with his family during the Carolina league s All Star break. Thursday night s game against the Lynchburg red sox was the keys first game after the break but Moon said Rose was not expected to return to the team before saturday. A we had the break for the All Star game and Pete went Home a said Moon Rose 20, who played a double header monday after missing two weeks with a pulled right hamstring is baiting .248 with one Home run Ana 33 Bis