God help me, I still read the local newspaper, that soon-to-be-extinct S.F. Chronicle. And I don’t mean online, but in actual newsprint form. I don’t know what compels me at this point, probably force of habit. It certainly isn’t the quality of the content. I almost cancelled the subscription this summer when – I kid you not – they ran a week-long front-page exposé on: Fog. That’s right, fog. To paraphrase the line from Casablanca: “I’m shocked, shocked, to discover fog in the Bay Area!” These days, since my son is such a rabid athlete, the sports section gets the most attention. Today’s paper included an article about the 20th anniversary of Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball.
It was basically a plea for the ban to be lifted and for Pete to be allowed to take his (rightful) place in the pantheon of greats, and be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now there is no doubt Pete Rose is otherwise deserving of election by virtue of his playing career. Among other gaudy statistics, he still holds the record for most hits. Conspicuously absent from the article however, was any mention that pugnacious Pete has steadfastly refused, in these subsequent twenty years, to apologize for betting on Reds baseball games while managing the team (an obvious and illegal no-no) or to unequivocally acknowledge having done so. Unrepentant to the extreme, he nonetheless wishes the commissioner to show leniency and has plenty of former colleagues to serve as his apologists. The article’s glaring omission moved me to write a letter to the editor. (Friends of mine know this is a pathetically quixotic habit that is only abetted by the absurd frequency with which magazine and newspaper editors publish the damned letters. Believe me, it’s not so much the quality of the missives, it’s the paucity of readers sending them in!)
I had to point out the obvious, namely that the prerequisites for asking for forgiveness are: acknowledging your behavior and apologizing for it. Any 1st grader knows that. But perhaps being a really good baseball player somehow obviates this requirement. Not to belabor the point, but this same mentality pervades the (unrelenting) baseball steroids scandal. My son, a big fan of the game, now just assumes a player cheated if his name is mentioned in the context of drug use. Jeter? Must be guilty. Big Papi? Same. Folks, there’s a reason why we want people to take responsibility for their actions. Because actions have consequences. And our children are watching.
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