Today would have been my dad’s 84th birthday had he not died in a hospital not long after his 80th. Since he is not here to give his opinion, let me share it with you: He told me many times that the lifetime ban from baseball for Shoeless Joe and Pete Rose should only apply to the span of their mortal time on Earth. He believed Shoeless Joe belonged in the Hall of Fame and he believed that Pete Rose ought to be posthunously inducted there. I agree with Pops. Pete’s lifetime ban is expired.
He also insisted that you not mention the name of that guy that is now running against Vice President Kamala Harris.
My dad was a proud independent conservative. He served in Vietnam and he was weirdly proud to have voted for Barry Goldwater. He was not so proud about Vietnam, though he made his peace with it and started wearing his Vietnam Veteran cap later in life… and he started displaying his medals on a plaque on the wall. Prior to that, he kept them in a drawer for a couple decades.
But he never made his peace with that guy. In his last year, he opened up considerably about the war. It was more than I wanted to know. Like I said, he made his peace with it. He said the one thing that never made sense was being with a buddy talking to him one minute and then a minute later he’s gone, because of a small hole. He got over Vietnam somewhat, made his peace with it, but it took almost half a century and there wasn’t that much time for that guy that insulted the gold star parents of a fallen soldier and got away with it and became President, anyway… my dad didn’t live to see Joe Biden elected, nor see that other guy behaving like a disrespectful clown at Arlington Cemetery.
You couldn’t mention that guy’s name around my dad, so I won’t mention it, but f*ck that guy.
If you vote for that guy, I respect your right as an American to vote your conscience, but as my father’s son, I must say again, f*ck that guy. He deserves a lifetime ban more than those other guys did.
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Adam Broad 