Daddy_Freddie

Folks, this one really is a TRAGIC loss. He was a REAL Pioneer in many aspects of music and I hope the younger generation (less than 40) take the time to learn about him. He had so much influence on things that in some cases you did not find out until after the fact he was behind an album or a movie score and all you could do is shake your heand and say "damn"! There will NEVER be another one quite like him! 

Folks, this one really is a TRAGIC loss. He was a REAL Pioneer in many aspects of music and I hope the younger generation (less than 40) take the time to learn about him. He had so much influence on things that in some cases you did not find out until after the fact he was behind an album or a movie score and all you could do is shake your heand and say "damn"! There will NEVER be another one quite like him! 

Folks, this one really is a TRAGIC loss. He was a REAL Pioneer in many aspects of music and I hope the younger generation (less than 40) take the time to learn about him. He had so much influence on things that in some cases you did not find out until after the fact he was behind an album or a movie score and all you could do is shake your heand and say "damn"! There will NEVER be another one quite like him! 

Fernando Mania is now inside the Pearly Gates. Crazy thing, the year he won 21 games...TWENTY of them were complete games. Pitchers today don't make it past five innings! 

I live here and can't wait to see how this works out! 

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Hey Midnight 1-Your thread here has a life of its own and has grown legs and took off. It belongs in the archives! 

@TumblingDice75

 No, I keep stats and they both are -7 in turnovers as of this point in the season 

The Chiefs (5-0) and the Raiders (2-3) have the same turnover differential, (-7) yet the winning records are so different  

This REALLY shows you how much baseball has changed....fifty years ago George Steinbrenner bought the New York Yankees for just TEN MILLION DOLLARS! 

I like Scott Ferrall Shake It Up! 

RIP 

Did President Trump say this same exact thing and gets called every name people can think of? 

@lennon65

 Great comments! after arriving here in 1999, my first interactions were with him on ESPN radio 1100, he used to be on with Dave Cofield and sometimes he'd also be on with Seat Williams. He was always entertaining and made the workday go much faster daily. Luckily the chance happened to have some dialogue with him on Facebook about Pete Rose. They were on a syndicated sports show for a while as well. The best times were when a caller called in and commented on something totally stupid and Dave would just let them have it and even sometimes, they'd go back and forth. He'll be missed! 

How come they claim that Social Security is running out of money, yet welfare never does? 

Here is a GREAT video memory of Pete Rose...

As a youngster growing up in northeast Ohio at the age of ten in 1975, my first experience with baseball was the 1975 World Series, my mom had one rule...you can stay up and watch the games you just better be up on time to go to school. With that established I sat in amazement and asked myself "Just who is this Pete Rose guy?" the more I seen him play the more I liked baseball and said if I ever play this game that is who I wanted to play like. The way he set himself apart from the other guys that played the game in itself was amazing. 

Thanks to Pete I was driven to become a switch batter...it's not too hard it just requires total commitment and if you want something you'll go to great lengths to get it just as Michael Jordan said at Kobe Bryant's memorial. Later in life after moving here to Las Vegas Nevada in 1999 another dream was realized. Shortly after the Palms hotel opened, I walked into the Race & Sportsbook to bet the ponies from Santa Anita and as I go to my seat and look left who do I see?  I can't believe it was Peet Rose. There was NO WAY I'm letting this chance get away. I introduced myself and he looked at me kind of strange and once I stated that I too was born and raised in Ohio that opened the floodgates to a great conversation and he could not have been nicer  

Here comes the meat and potatoes of my comment. His banishment from baseball was equal to a life sentence with the possibility of parole. Did I like it, no but there is a reason that Rule 21 is in place, and I have come to understand that banishment for life is somewhat arbitrary, still you need to protect the integrity of sports. Pete also became his own worst enemy. If I would have had the chance to ask him this question before he passed, it would be "When you made your first bet on baseball did you a) Just not care anymore or b) Figure that if you got caught since your Pete Rose it would have been swept under the rug?" In 1974 it was rumored that he possibly was betting on baseball then and the results of the investigation supposedly found nothing...makes you wonder... 

Losing two Ohio born and raised icons from my childhood (Coach Knight was another within the last year, he died on Nov 1st, 2023) really shows me that Father Time is undefeated, and we all just move up one seat closer to the gates. Having the chance to follow Pete Rose's career and see him play was something I'd not trade for anything. If the Hall comes knocking, I will hope that Pete's family politely declines...thanks for reading. 

I sure do and it was just as good then as it is now! 

The link would not post here. Sorry