Whilst masticating on , Bob Strouse (1:273/416)
wrote to Terry May:
BS> I DO THINK HE BET ON THE MLB, BUT THE PUNISHMENT FOR HIS CRIME 
BS> WAS EXTREME.  DOC GOODEN WASN'T FORCED OUT 4 LIFE FOR DOING DRUGS,
Drug users have never thrown a World Series, or arranged to have one thrown.  
Gamblers have.  If drug users do the same, they will then face the same 
punishment from baseball that gamblers do.
BS>  YET IF YOU BET ON A GAME, YOUR GONE!  I PERSONALLY THINK IT IS 
BS> OUTRAGOUS AND A DISGRACE THAT PETE ROSE IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME.  HE 
WAS 
BS> A REMARKABLE BALL PLAYER AND DESERVES TO GET WHAT HE EARNED
Which is exactly what he got.
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