Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner
245 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10167
(212) 931-7800
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
I’d like to discuss what a colleague communicated to me this week: Pete Rose wants back in baseball so that he may obtain employment as the manager of a major league team.
This is the first I’ve heard of this, and I’m not sure what to make of it. By no means do I claim to be an expert on the man, however, I write to you today to suggest that if this is in fact true, and it’s this truth keeping Rose from being re-instated, perhaps a deal can be arranged. The ban on Rose could be lifted with specifications attached. A clause, similar to one’s in National Football League athlete contracts (those who’ve had legal issues) can be worked into the negations implying that Rose be on a good-behavior trial run. Naturally, this would apply to his alleged situation in which he desires MLB employment.
What could (and should) take immediate effect, however, is the lifting of the ban that would allow Rose to be eligible for election into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Rose deserves to be in for his on-the-field play. His away-from-the-diamond antics are, in my opinion, a separate entity. If Rose seeks further employment with the league, let the current staff of league executives conjure up stipulations.
But let’s not let his athletic feats continue to go unrecognized by the generations of baseball fans to come.
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