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The University News March 5, 2003
Sports
Sports and stuff
MLB should just say no to Rose
In the past
few months,
as baseball
commis-
sioner Bud
Selig looks
to better his
embattled
Bobby Crook public image,
talk of Pete
Rose's lifetime ban from Ma-
jor League Baseball has reju-
venated.
A removal of the ban, of
course, would mean the all-time
hit leader's entrance into the
Baseball Hall of Fame.
Since his banishment in
1989, the Pete Rose Hall of
Fame debate has been profes-
sional sports" version of the
abortion issue.
It splits families and friends
apart, and no member of either
side is willing to accept that
their argument is wrong.
Most likely, Rose's re-in-
statement into baseball and his
subsequent admittance into the
Hall of Fame would be a great
PR move for Major League
Baseball.
To take a note from network
television: when ratings are
down, look to big name celeb-
rities with sensational stories to
reel in the viewing audience
(see Michael Jackson).
For baseball, ratings are
down.
With constant labor strife,
steroid accusations, slow-mov-
ing games, and a disinterested,
X-Games youth, the game's
popularity is at a low point.
Scoreboard
Baseball
Saturday, March 1
vs. Philadelphia
Biblical Univ.
W 11-2
Softball
Saturday, March 1
@ Concordia-
Austin W 6-1
@ Concordia-
Austin W 8-0
Sunday, March 2
@ Texas
Lutheran
canceled
Rugby
Saturday, March 1
v. Sam Houston
L 28-8
Allowing Pete Rose back
into baseball and admitting him
into the Hall of Fame would
probably do wonders to stir in-
terest for Major League Base-
ball.
America's national pastime,
and managers regarding bet-
ting on baseball and associat-
ing with gamblers have been
abundantly clear: you do it,
you're out.
While Rose has never offi-
cially admitted to betting on
Not in the Hall of Fame
A look at some of the notable baseball stars who have not
been enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY:
Pete Ro se: B aseb all's all -time hi 11 eader with 4,25 6
career hits; .302 career average in 24 seasons.
Joe Jackson: Banned from baseball after 1919
Blacksox scandal. 356 lifetime batting average in
13 career seasons. Viewed by many as baseball's
greatest player before Babe Ruth.
Gil Hodges: Undisputed leader of Brooklyn/Los
Angeles Dodgers of the 1950s and 60s. Played in
seven World Series with Dodgers, and won another
as manager of the 1969 New York Mets. Batted .273
with 370 homeruns in 18 seasons.
Jim Rice: Boston Red Sox great averaged .304
batting average with 29 HRs and 106 RBIs from 1975
to 1986. Eight time all-star.
however, should have more in-
tegrity than the networks that
broadcast their games, and pass
on the publicity boom that re-
instating Pete Rose would
surely bring forth.
The fact of the matter is, re-
gardless of Rose's playing abil-
ity, popularity with fans, or any
other reason for his re-instate-
ment, by betting on baseball,
Rose defiled the sport and de-
serves his lifetime sentence.
Since the Black Sox scandal
of 1919, the rules for players
the game of baseball, the evi-
dence regarding the matter
suggests otherwise.
Also, by agreeing on his
banishment from the game,
Rose seems to be acknowl-
edging wrongdoings without
formally admitting to them.
Would an innocent person
charged with murder agree to
life in prison?
Even if, as many claim,
Rose bet only for his team, the
Cincinnati Reds, not against
it, he is in the wrong.
While betting for his own team
to win seems harmless, it still
could have affected Rose's abil-
ity to manage the team.
Hypothetically speaking, if the
Reds were playing Saturday and
Sunday, and Rose had bet on
Sunday's game, would he use an
ace reliever to try to win
Saturday's game, or save him for
Sunday's game, when a win
would be beneficial to his pock-
etbook.
While this is a hypothetical
situation, it is a compromising
one from the standpoint of a Ma-
jor League Baseball manager, and
by allegedly betting on the game,
Rose put himself in too many of
these compromising situations
Simply put, Pete Rose does not
deserve to be involved in Major
League Baseball or a member of
its Hall of Fame.
He lost that right by associat-
ing with gamblers, and in all like-
lihood, betting on the game of
baseball.
It is a shame that Major
League Baseball is unable to cel-
ebrate its all-time hit king with
his enshrinement in the Hall of
Fame.
Pete Rose, however, should
never be allowed back into the
game of baseball or the Hall of
Fame
What he did was wrong and
deserves punishment, and al-
though re-instating Rose may
give the game of baseball some
much-needed publicity, the long-
term repercussions to the integ-
rity of the sport far outweigh any
positive the publicity may offer.
WEEK'gportS
Baseball
Wednesday,
March 5
vs. Philadelphia
Biblical Univ.,
2:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8
vs. Montclair
St., 12 p.m.
Monday, March 10
to Thursday,
March 13
@ Gene Cusic
Collegiate Clas-
sic, Ft. Myers
Fla.
For more info,
check out
www.udallas.edu/
athletics/baseball
Softball
Sunday, March 9
to Tuesday,
March 11
2nd Annual UD
Softball Ex-
travaganza vs.
Huntingdon
College, Kansas
State, and
Weber State
For more info,
check out
www.udallas.edu/
athletics/softball
Groundhogs fall to Sam Houston
UD rugby loses 28-8 in state final four
by Kevin St. Cin and
Michael O' Keefe
Contributing Writers
The University of Dallas
Groundhogs rucked and
chucked their way to the final
four Division II Texas Rugby
League playoffs last weekend.
The possibility of making
the playoffs looked bleak last
fall, but the Hoggies stepped
it up this spring and pounded
their way into the tournament
with key victories over tal-
ented squads from Southern
Methodist University, the Uni-
versity of North Texas, and
Southwest Texas State Univer-
sity
Last Saturday, the Hoggies
traveled to San Angelo State
University in west Texas for
the final four tournament.
Sam Houston State Univer-
sity, San Angelo, and Steven
F. Austin made up the rest of
the field.
Fourth-seeded University
of Dallas played the top
seeded Sam Houston, last
year's division II national
runner up.
Earlier this season, the
Hoggies matched Sam Hous-
ton for the first half of a
game, keeping the score tied
at zero, until Sam Houston
eventually pulled away to
win 45-0.
Saturday, however, the
Hoggies shocked opposing
fans, and coaches, as the
game began with the Univer-
sity of Dallas dominating the
play.
Sophomore Nick Wittich
put up UD's first score with
a 3-point penalty conversion
from about 22 meters out.
As the half drew to a close,
sophomore Chris Botto took
advantage of a lineout and snuck
in behind the defense for a 5-
point try.
(A try is the equivalent of a
touchdown in football, except it
is only worth 5 points; the con-
version is worth 2.)
UD missed the conversion
kick, and the half closed with the
underdog Hoggies up 8-0.
The second half began with a
slight power shift as Sam Hous-
ton brought in some fresh play-
ers to attempt to overpower the
Groundhogs.
The team scored two tries but
missed the conversions, bringing
the score to 10-8.
University of Dallas' senior
Tyson Marx touched one down,
but the referee had called a pen-
alty on the previous play, mak-
ing him unable to see the try.
Sam Houston then put up two
more tries to put the game away
as it drew to a close.
The Hoggies, suffering sev-
eral key injuries, were over-
powered by Sam Houston's
fresh line and eventually fell
by a score of 28-8.
The loss eliminated the
Groundhogs from the tourna-
ment, making it the Hoggies'
last game of the 2002-2003
season.
The team played one of its
best games of the season with
no individual player standing
out above the rest in the match.
Senior Tribute
Seniors Jerimiah
Driesbach, Steve
Rowies, Pat McEwen,
Tyson Marx, and Mar-
tin Laswell provided
leadership and experi-
ence all season that
carried the team.
Their talents will be
missed next season.
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