LO, HOW A ROSE IS GROWING

Well, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, since it’s been criminally under-reported, but Pete Rose has a book and an interview both coming out on Thursday, and in both he finally admits what everybody and Fay Vincent’s dog already knew: He bet on baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds.

(In other news, sun disappears behind western horizon; experts believe it will reappear in the east in approximately 12 to 16 hours.)

Rose’s confession has been good for the soul of sports pundits, with many saying that, despite Rose’s admission, he should still be barred from baseball. Association with gambling taints the the game, they say; the commissioner must keep the purity of the game intact. Besides, as several cynical wags have noted, Rose’s confession comes in the form of a hardback book, one from which (it may be assumed) Rose stands to profit handsomely. Sure, he’s not gonna get Harry Potter money, but he ought to turn a quick million or two, and that’s before it comes out in paperback.
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