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The harmless practical joke that led to the Reds hiring Pete Rose to manage – Which led to his lifetime ban

Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 20:48 BFH Uncategorized 15

A Red Sox radio station was eye-rolling the hero worship of Yaz, who was set to retire.

So, as a joke, the station decided to pick the most obscure person they could think of to pay tribute to, other than Yaz.

They picked Vern Rapp, an obscure coach that was set to retire that year.

In the middle of the gag they were realizing that Rapp was taking this seriously. So they quickly called some people who could talk about him fondly. One of the people called was the guy in charge of hiring a new manager for the Reds.

While talking about Rapp he thought that Rapp might be the perfect manager for the all-too-casual fading Big Red Machine.

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15 Comments on The harmless practical joke that led to the Reds hiring Pete Rose to manage – Which led to his lifetime ban

  1. Come on, lets leave Pete Rose alone. He is 79!

    The NFL is full of wife beaters, the NHL runs on Coors lite, and MLB hitting records are all steroid enhanced.
    Forget about basketball, 2 hours to watch the last 5 minutes of a game whose net is 12 inches too low.

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  2. baseball? … what is this ‘baseball’ that you speak of?

    oh yeah! … now I remember! … it’s that game they used to play where they hit a little white ball

    … no, that’s what they called ‘golf’ …. I give up … I’m stumped

    (funny story though)

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  5. I’ve been enjoying all the old clips MLB is digging up and running on youtube.

    Lloyd McClendon takes first base……like….he got mad and took first base….off the field.

    Albert Belle gets hit by a pitch. Refuses to take first….demands pitcher “THROW THE MUTHER F@^#%ING BALL OVER THE MUTHER F@&#^% PLATE”.

    Classic baseball.

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  6. Baseball? I seem to remember that sport before free agency and television rights changed the game from following a team to following a player.

    It will never recover. Sad.

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  7. Manny Sanguillen carried the 1971 Pirates to the world championship. He swung a 42 oz bat and never considered the strike zone to be accurately defined. Clemente and Stargell also contributed, but nobody could cook paella like Manny…..What position did he play?…..Go PIRATES…..

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  8. Pete’s autobiography is great…read it; I guarantee you will like it. But he does have a major screw loose. At one point he had a beautiful wife and family, a thoroughbred horse farm, fancy cars etc but was betting thousands a day on the ponys. It was an unbelievable addiction. But he was one of the best ever and should be honored.

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