The Deliberate Omission of Pete Rose's Name In 2013 Topps

[AmishDave]

Pete Rose ? Did he play ? Chris Benoit ? Did he wrestle ?

 

[bcubs]

As bad as that is, one's gotta understand baseball's history and its number one rule before making a judgment here.

I'm with you, I have spent about 6 years of my life in clubhouses and the sign is up in each and every one of them. It doesn't change my opinion though about the cheating those guys did to influence the outcome of games.

 

[PeteD]

That is a joke. #1 he bet as a manager. What does his hits have to do anything? Rose accomplished ALOT as a player. Respect that he didnt bet untill years later as a manager. Strip his manager record.

Pretty sure he was a player/manager to the end. Still, he pissed off alot of ppl and he'll have to live with it.

 

[sportscardtheory]

It's their license.

Further, the website is not a product. If anything, it's an advertising tool. Baseball cards are products.

I said it was hypocritical, not that it wasn't their right.

 

[Mighty Bombjack]

These are riddled with errors. Just looking at a couple of Rockies.

From Jordan Pacheco:

With 171 hits, Pacheco is 3627 away from the all-time record of 4085.


From Carlos Gonzalez:

With 648 hits, Gonzalez is 4028 away from the all-time record of 3608.


WTF? Shoddy editing there, cubicle monkeys.

 

[Jaypers]

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 and hasn't appeared on a Topps card since.

Or has he?

From 2006 Topps --

 

[Bob Loblaw]

The good thing is that we have Panini to print Pete Rose cards and Leaf to beat the concept to death.