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Bud Selig's decision to allow the Cincinnati Reds to honor Pete Rose at their ballpark for setting the all-time hits record 25 years later has former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent fuming.Vincent, in an e-mail to the New York Post, ripped Selig for once again allowing the conditions of Rose's lifetime ban from baseball to be broken.
"'When the keeper of the Rules does not enforce the Rules, there are no Rules,'" Vincent wrote in the e-mail. "That was the quote from John Dowd (Thursday) when we discussed what Bud had done. John is correct.
"I totally disagree with the Selig position. Either enforce the Rules or reinstate him. Bud is trying, again, to please everyone. He did the same thing when he let Rose be honored at the (1999 World Series) -- hence the Jim Gray interview -- and his decision caused much confusion about a Rose reinstatement. I do not believe Selig wants to bring Rose back. But he wants to be loved in Cincinnati."
Rose is set to be honored at the Great American Ball Park on Sept. 12, 25 years and one day after he set the all-time hits record. He was unavailable on Sept. 11, the actual anniversary, because of a prior commitment at, ironically, a casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
In order for a ceremony to take place, the Reds had to get special permission from Selig because of Rose's presence on baseball's permanently ineligible list. Rose was placed there in 1989 after an extensive investigation by Dowd, who determined that he, then the Reds manager, had repeatedly bet on baseball.
Rose's permanently ineligible status means that he can not be employed by Major League Baseball in any capacity, act as a player agent, be involved in any business dealings with MLB or one of its clubs or be elected to the Hall of Fame.
It also means he must purchase a ticket to attend a major league game, unless, of course, an exception is granted by the commissioner.
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