Pete Rose is well enough known in the sports world. He was one of the great hitters in baseball history, only to be banished from the game because of a mountain of evidence suggesting that he bet on it.
And now a TV sports reporter named Jim Gray has achieved his own notoriety. He did one of the worst things someone in his job could do. He and NBC buckled to public sentiment and, even worse, corporate pressure.
Mr. Rose, understand, doesn't do many interviews. Card shows and other autographs-for-money rip-offs, yes. Questions and answers with the press, no. But he was available last Sunday night, at Game 2 of the World Series in Atlanta. It would have been …
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