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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 2:52pm

 maryte wrote:


Not John Astin (he's still kicking at 94), but John Ashton: https://apnews.com/article/joh...


John Astin rules OK

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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 2:29pm

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I can hear him and James Earl Jones laughing. And I thought it was thunder. 







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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 1:53pm

 sunybuny wrote:
I can hear him and James Earl Jones laughing. And I thought it was thunder. 







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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 1:52pm

 miamizsun wrote: I can hear him and James Earl Jones laughing. And I thought it was thunder. 



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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 1:51pm

 islander wrote:


John Aston too. working our way through the alphabet today. 



Not John Astin (he's still kicking at 94), but John Ashton: https://apnews.com/article/joh...
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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 1:41pm

 miamizsun wrote:

John Aston too. working our way through the alphabet today. 

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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 1:02pm


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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 12:30pm

john amos 
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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 12:00pm

 Proclivities wrote:

Rose and Giamatti agreed to a "lifetime ban", which apparently also placed Rose on the "Permanently Ineligible" list.  However, several players who were placed on the "PI" list (including Hall-of-Famers Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Fergie Jenkins) had been reinstated.  There's apparently some sort of appeal process.  All of Rose's appeals were rejected.

Thanks for that. So he still can get in. He really can’t appeal on his behalf though.

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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 10:51am

 SFW Could Have wroten:
I’m too lazy to research the facts.



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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 10:07am

 geoff_morphini wrote:


I just saw on another, highly reputable site, that the ban was “permanent” not “lifetime”. I’m too lazy to research the facts.

Rose and Giamatti agreed to a "lifetime ban", which apparently also placed Rose on the "Permanently Ineligible" list.  However, several players who were placed on the "PI" list (including Hall-of-Famers Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Fergie Jenkins) had been reinstated.  There's apparently some sort of appeal process.  All of Rose's appeals were rejected.
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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 9:55am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


I saw him in Vegas too; probably would have had a card signed if I'd known he would be there but I didn't have a card and wasn't going to buy one. I have a few from 1972, the one year that I bought a bunch of cards. When I walked by, there were people there chatting but I couldn't tell if they were buyers or handlers, but it was a few minutes before the event was supposed to begin and there were people in line to buy cards or photos for him to sign. The autograph alone was something like $75 and the photos/memorabilia was super high so I'm sure he was grossing over $300 per customer. 

I agree with the lifetime ban; the bitter cruelty of inducting him now would cement his example for all time. Enshrine the numbers and accomplishments, deny him the personal glory. I'm just that petty.



I just saw on another, highly reputable site, that the ban was “permanent” not “lifetime”. I’m too lazy to research the facts.
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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 8:42am

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I saw him in Las Vegas a few years back signing autographs at some sports memorabilia place.
There was nobody in line.

I kinda felt sorry for him.




I saw him in Vegas too; probably would have had a card signed if I'd known he would be there but I didn't have a card and wasn't going to buy one. I have a few from 1972, the one year that I bought a bunch of cards. When I walked by, there were people there chatting but I couldn't tell if they were buyers or handlers, but it was a few minutes before the event was supposed to begin and there were people in line to buy cards or photos for him to sign. The autograph alone was something like $75 and the photos/memorabilia was super high so I'm sure he was grossing over $300 per customer. 

I agree with the lifetime ban; the bitter cruelty of inducting him now would cement his example for all time. Enshrine the numbers and accomplishments, deny him the personal glory. I'm just that petty.

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Posted: Oct 1, 2024 - 8:15am

 Steely_D wrote:


That's always that horrible "great painter/comedian/musician/filmmaker/athlete but turns out he was a horrible person in his real life."

I saw him in Las Vegas a few years back signing autographs at some sports memorabilia place.
There was nobody in line.

I kinda felt sorry for him.


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Posted: Sep 30, 2024 - 7:11pm

 GeneP59 wrote:
Pete Rose dead at 83.

In my opinion I think Pete should be in the Hall of Fame for what he did when he was a player and not for what he did as a manager. That's was just plain wrong to have kept him out.




Repost to your repost in the baseball thread:

It was not just plain wrong. No one can dispute Rose's statistical accomplishments as a player but institutions need standards. You say you don't like what he did as a manager (betting on games, i assume) but he eventually admitted doing it as a player as well. Let's not forget that he served time for tax evasion. And he admitted to having sex with a 16 year old (maybe not quite 16) while he was married with 2 children.
I know that many members of the HOF are not angels, but few are so publicly known as despicable as Rose. The HOF is totally justified to refuse to honor him.
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Posted: Sep 30, 2024 - 5:10pm

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Pete Rose dead at 83.

In my opinion I think Pete should be in the Hall of Fame for what he did when he was a player and not for what he did as a manager. That's was just plain wrong to have kept him out.



He can go in now.... banned for life.

He really pissed off Paul Giamatti's dad... and his attitude, not his acts, is what kept him out.  

On the field, there is no doubt he's one of the all-time great players.  For that.... I agree he should go in.
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Posted: Sep 30, 2024 - 5:03pm

 GeneP59 wrote:
Pete Rose dead at 83.

In my opinion I think Pete should be in the Hall of Fame for what he did when he was a player and not for what he did as a manager. That's was just plain wrong to have kept him out.


That's always that horrible "great painter/comedian/musician/filmmaker/athlete but turns out he was a horrible person in his real life."

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Posted: Sep 30, 2024 - 4:35pm

Pete Rose dead at 83.

In my opinion I think Pete should be in the Hall of Fame for what he did when he was a player and not for what he did as a manager. That's was just plain wrong to have kept him out.

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Posted: Sep 30, 2024 - 12:24pm

 Proclivities wrote:

What an example...
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Posted: Sep 30, 2024 - 8:48am

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