Pete Rose: ‘Stupid’ Unwritten Rules In Baseball Are For Losers

According to Pete Rose, “stupid” unwritten rules in the Major League Baseball (MLB) are only for losers.

As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the Pete Rose banishment document in which he agreed to a lifetime gambling-related ban from baseball remains unsold. Pete Rose was also erased by Topps baseball cards. Meanwhile, the Pete Rose reality TV show rolled into Cooperstown but not because he was being inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose’s list of stupid unwritten rules includes the idea that bunting against a pitcher who’s throwing a no-hitter is considered bad:

“I used to get screwed when we had a seven- or eight-run lead, because I couldn’t bunt for a single or I’m ‘showing up the opposition,'” Pete Rose complained. “Guys that are home-run hitters can continuously just swing from their ass and trot around the bases. I remember one time we had a 7-1 lead in the sixth inning in Houston, and J.R. Richard was pitching. I hit a single to right-center and I went to second. He threw at the next two hitters because I was showing the team up! What am I supposed to do when I got a 10-run lead, just go up there and strike out?”

According to Pete Rose stupid unwritten rules also include throwing at hitters or taking an extra base with a big lead. Still, it’s baseball’s unwritten rule about bunting that seems to have Pete Rose steamed:

“[The unwritten rules] are stupid,” Pete Rose said. “Who cares if you bunt for a base hit? The only guys who criticize him on that are losers. Now if it had been 10-1, maybe. But down 2-0? I’d bunt, too.”

Do you agree with the Pete Rose “stupid” comment about Baseball’s unwritten rules?