President Donald Trump said Friday that he will posthumously pardon Pete Rose, the disgraced Cincinnati Reds star who received a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling on his team. Trump did not specify what he would pardon Rose for. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/616... - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 115 days ago

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will posthumously pardon Pete Rose, the disgraced Cincinnati Reds star who received a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling on his team.

Trump did not specify what he would pardon Rose for.

🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6168060/2025/03/01/donald-trump-pete-rose-pardon/?source=bsky_hq

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6gun67.bsky.social•115 days ago

That'll bring the price of eggs down!

spwood19.bsky.social•115 days ago

bxny62.bsky.social•114 days ago

He raped a 14 year old girl in 1973. Fuck Pete Rose

martybruins77.bsky.social•114 days ago

Trump did the same many times, that s why he wants to pardon him!

bxny62.bsky.social•114 days ago

Pete Rose was never convicted, but he admitted it in TV last year.

brick73.bsky.social•115 days ago

Agent orange felon is a dummy.

imhereuntiltheyare.bsky.social•114 days ago

Also he is trying to distract us again with low hanging fruit , don’t let him . Stand for Ukrainian and democracy

imhereuntiltheyare.bsky.social•114 days ago

I’m sure his family loves the idea of him being politicized this way in death 🫣

doyle315.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump is not a member of the HOF committee. He has literally NO power. I really think he should be checked for a brain tumor.

adlangx.bsky.social•115 days ago

He is a tumor.

1eeasyrider.bsky.social•115 days ago

The entire Republican Party is a malignant cancer.

cutmeslack.bsky.social•115 days ago

He took over The Kennedy Center. HOF beware.

jginsc.bsky.social•115 days ago

Don is a big fan of Pete’s hair.

or1x.bsky.social•115 days ago

Dismisses him for what? Statutory rape of a minor? The party of family values, everyone.

dtc2000.bsky.social•115 days ago

Falsifying team records for which he spent 5 months in prison.

bigpapou.bsky.social•115 days ago

He doesn’t know

donnavox.bsky.social•115 days ago

Was Pete Rose ever convicted of anything?

mrplowthatsmyname.bsky.social•115 days ago

Cheating on his taxes

donnavox.bsky.social•115 days ago

Ah. Ok then.

markjkelly.bsky.social•115 days ago

Game respects game? Seriously I think Trump thinks this automatically puts Pete in the Hall of Fame.

colonblow.bsky.social•115 days ago

can't pardon away being a piece of shit

ravva.bsky.social•107 days ago

Pedos stick together.

moschops.bsky.social•115 days ago

Pedo Rose imo

gsy.bsky.social•115 days ago

He got caught gambling on baseball like a dog

SAD

l-edwards.bsky.social•115 days ago

So glade he's doing the country's important work

ttgozerian.bsky.social•115 days ago

Probably thinks he can make MLB un-ban him posthumously.

pzdubs.bsky.social•115 days ago

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to wait til thanksgiving?

chgotolv.bsky.social•115 days ago

The comments on this are awesome... Thanks!!!

camashta4.bsky.social•115 days ago

Who’s next Charles Manson try and remove that fuckers

luftkraftpikk.bsky.social•115 days ago

... because he doesn't know what the fuck he is doing, regarding EVERYthing as POTUS.

He is dumb as shit.

buffalodanny.bsky.social•115 days ago

His only talent is knowing how stupid the American public is

justin3aker.bsky.social•115 days ago

Hard to figure out what’s greater… this or renaming the gulf? 🤔 Orange Julius just keeps doing the work of the people

therealenzooo.bsky.social•115 days ago

Why is that not a surprise?….#Ethics

jim584.bsky.social•115 days ago

Does anybody remember Pete Rose?

jmtlaw.bsky.social•115 days ago

Moron obviously doesn’t realize that Article II of the US Constitution grants presidential pardon powers only for offences against the United States. Pete Rose betting on baseball was not a crime against the US.

hg2985.bsky.social•115 days ago

A couple of losers

adlangx.bsky.social•115 days ago

Dunno if you met Pete, I did. The guy was a piece of shit that would do anything for money.

pyroclasticflo.bsky.social•115 days ago

Birds of a feather and all that.

joseortega78.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump is gonna try to take over the hall of fame.

jawsrecliner.bsky.social•115 days ago

He probably thinks he can start a coup like he did with the Kennedy Center

mauditor.bsky.social•115 days ago

They need to create a category in the hall of fame for amazing players who soiled the game. A place for McGwire, Sosa, Rose, etc. Kind of a “green card” hall of fame membership.

coachn.bsky.social•115 days ago

More circuses for the mob from our Mad King.

The common thread is to make him seem the vindicator of white male “victims” who were actually the victimizers.

austinmm6.bsky.social•115 days ago

Was he appointed as MLB commissioner overnight or something?

dsaragas.bsky.social•115 days ago

lol he has to be purposefully trying to help out people who are known to be crooks, liars, rapists etc. has trump ever helped anyone who truly deserved it?

pattepa.bsky.social•115 days ago

No, because Trump expects to be paid for anything he does to help someone.

mjh08247.bsky.social•115 days ago

He’s always looking out for his fellow rapists.

nico8913.bsky.social•115 days ago

Clown at the White House

russbeatles1964.bsky.social•114 days ago

Unless he’s the commissioner he can’t pardon him

gamercat365.bsky.social•115 days ago

We have something in common, tax cheat , Trump

david425.bsky.social•115 days ago

I’m sure this will lower egg prices. Why is he always pardoning criminals? That’s right, cause, he is one. Birds of a feather

dannyleibs.bsky.social•115 days ago

What a dope

jamesstdenis.bsky.social•115 days ago

Didn’t pete rose have sex with a 14 year old

pattepa.bsky.social•115 days ago

He admitted to having sex with a 16 year old when we was 34. At the time, the age of consent in Ohio was 16. She may have been younger when the relationship started. He also may have taken her to other states where 18 was the age of consent. Pete Rose was a POS.

tano0869.bsky.social•115 days ago

Sick fuck

cindiwins.bsky.social•115 days ago

Mostly the child rape and tax evasion.

stillmiket.bsky.social•115 days ago

Heh, this is something the Cheeto knows all about.

cameroncrazies.bsky.social•115 days ago

Betting on baseball wasn’t even Pete Rose’s worst thing he did. Reminder, he admitted when he was 35, married with kids, he raped a 15-year-old child.

possiblecabbage.bsky.social•115 days ago

He does realize that the President does not receive a Hall of Fame ballot, right?

velvetdevil.bsky.social•115 days ago

Plus 5 years for tax evasion and that pesky rape allegation. Great guy

realduckofdeath.bsky.social•115 days ago

He is not there anymore. The one with the codes is a demented man living in fifteen minute brackets.

bombaycrone.bsky.social•114 days ago

Pete Rose was one of the premier baseball players of his time. He broke the law. The law of professional baseball, you can't bet on games. He shld have been a shoe in to the Hall of Fame. He knew the risks when he took them. The ppl who remember his playing remember how great he was. ⚾

billyofohio.bsky.social•115 days ago

As usual rules do not apply to the tRump dumpster president

californiafun.bsky.social•115 days ago

Next thing we know Trump will make himself a baseball hall of famer

tbollers.bsky.social•115 days ago

This is a waste of taxpayers dollars.

rocketdog3.bsky.social•114 days ago

Just call him trump. That's all.

madmacs.bsky.social•115 days ago

The tax evasion, I guess. Don't think he was ever charged as to the gambling or statutory rape.

uky12.bsky.social•115 days ago

Tax evasion. Rose did prison time for tax evasion.

andyashburg.bsky.social•115 days ago

President declares douche bag is just a bag, not one designed for douching specifically.

canuckindallas.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump has to be one of the dumbest people to ever walk this planet.

steviethesparrow.bsky.social•115 days ago

Not quite as dumb as his voters and supporters though

icantiemyshoes.bsky.social•115 days ago

canuckindallas.bsky.social•115 days ago

Sadly true.

wifiswiper.bsky.social•115 days ago

He pardon Pete Rose for tax invasion not betting. This is to tell all people who want a pardon to pay up and you’ll get it.

aaronwold.bsky.social•115 days ago

President Trump said Saturday that he will pardon The Grinch for his well documented crimes against the residents of Whoville.

bradbell22.bsky.social•115 days ago

He was a convicted tax cheat.

ddjohnson49ers.bsky.social•115 days ago

I'm sure the atoms that once composed him are super happy now.

mbryant1986.bsky.social•115 days ago

bananastbear.bsky.social•115 days ago

This should help with inflation, right?

chasejonesnola.bsky.social•115 days ago

Do even aging baseball writers still care about Pete Rose? Thankfully something else awful will happen before I finish typing so I can get outraged by that instead...

healingin2025.bsky.social•115 days ago

Rose was a gambling addict. He never reported his gambling winnings as income. Trump is pardoning him for his tax crimes convictions.

misskayrenee.bsky.social•115 days ago

like he has some magic scepter?

toddching.bsky.social•115 days ago

At least this "old man yelling at clouds" instance won't risk destabilizing global security?

whatupdoe1975.bsky.social•114 days ago

Would you expect anything different from somebody who would pardon himself. If it came from anywhere else I'd be okay with it but from Trump it's an abue of power.

pangeamedia.bsky.social•115 days ago

He was connected to the mob in Florida that ran a human trafficking operation. So this checks out.

theirishmayor.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump or Rose?

pangeamedia.bsky.social•115 days ago

Yes

brotz13.bsky.social•114 days ago

IDK, I feel like The Athletic should know the difference between "lifetime ban" and "permanent ineligibility".

bwa1.bsky.social•115 days ago

What’s the fucking point?

wolverboiler.bsky.social•115 days ago

Birds of a feather. Pedophiles and frauds

famousmortimer.bsky.social•115 days ago

thank god the corpse of pete rose is finally off the hook for federal crimes

milwaukeemelter.bsky.social•115 days ago

Probably that shitty haircut he sported.

paulmcentire.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump is pardoning or seeking to obviously guilty people to assuage his own guilt.

memewrangler.bsky.social•115 days ago

Still not getting into the Hall of Fame:

More like the Hall of Lame People Trump pardons.

antman013.bsky.social•115 days ago

Just more bullshit from a man so far down into the outhouse pit, that he thinks everything stinks so who'll know the difference?

coachseandoyle.bsky.social•115 days ago

More politics by gesture.

The circle of bullshit continues.

tyesdad.bsky.social•115 days ago

Now that King Trumps approval rating is sinking, he's throwing out small tokens to keep us peasants happy and distracted.

realchet.bsky.social•115 days ago

Hopefully Trump joins Rose soon

phishatdicks.bsky.social•115 days ago

For what?

jwheel212.bsky.social•114 days ago

Distraction from him being a Russian asset

si-d-great.bsky.social•115 days ago

I wish these 2 were hanging out right now

klopeck2k.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump is a dunce.

mrtuscan360.bsky.social•115 days ago

Huh?!

monicadien.bsky.social•115 days ago

Does he think a pardon is what he needs to get him into the Hall of Fame?

cs-lowball17.bsky.social•114 days ago

Assholes stick together

irishwhisky24.bsky.social•115 days ago

The post was absolute gibberish. You need to include what time he posted it while on the toilet.

albca.bsky.social•115 days ago

BREAKING:

US to fund construction of the

SEXUAL PREDATORS
HALL OF FAME

Trump to nominate himself and the Tate Brothers for installment later this month.

Vladimir Putin invited for the induction ceremony.

mcchilliwack.bsky.social•115 days ago

Figures. A couple of corrupt losers.

philneezy.bsky.social•115 days ago

The child rapist?

crookedmustache.bsky.social•115 days ago

Is trump the MLB Commissioner?

julie8668.bsky.social•115 days ago

What an absolute joke

pkmerica.bsky.social•115 days ago

What an idiot. Pardon him for what?

healingin2025.bsky.social•115 days ago

Tax crimes. Rose went to prison.

pkmerica.bsky.social•114 days ago

I’m sure Trumps too stupid to even know that

knower-of-ball.bsky.social•115 days ago

Trump heard this guy had pedo allegations and that’s all he needed to hear to issue a vague pardon

slutbanger.bsky.social•115 days ago

The first domino towards pardoning hitler..

tcherney.bsky.social•115 days ago

@theathletic.bsky.social do better. You guys are really starting to push being called journalists. Your reporting is inaccurate and pathetic. Seriously considering canceling my subscription to this garbage.