mickey mantle never threw games. no yankee ever did.
pete rose did. and that is where the difference lies.
Where's the proof that he ever threw a game?
Mickey Mantle was a bum. So was Babe Ruth, for that matter. Both of them booze addled whore-masters and absentee family men. But they belong in the Hall of Fame based on what they did ON THE FIELD.
And again, where's the proof that Rose ever threw a game? If he did, then I'd be the first one to say that he doesn't belong. But there is no proof, is there?
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