Re: _Rose-colored glasses_, Ric Johnson wrote to Bob Strouse on 08 Mar 98:
 RJ> As it should have been. What if ol Pete was really in the hole, Bob?
 RJ> What if the temptation to get out of the hole was too great to
 RJ> resist? Gamblers are typically weak willed, anyway. What if betting
 RJ> AGAINST the Reds in ooooonnnneee little contest would have put him in
 RJ> high cotton? What if he placed the bet, and managed poorly that day?
 RJ> Heck, he could have a bad day, couldn't he? What if it worked, and he
 RJ> got out of hock? What if he thought to himself, "Once more, and I can
 RJ> be AHEAD of the game? Etc., etc.
And what if you killed your neighbor?  You'd be a murderer.  IOW, Rose 
shouldn't be judged with hypotheticals; he should only be judged by what can 
be proven that he actually DID.  I'm sure you wouldn't want to be judged on 
what you could possibly have done.  To say Rose COULD have thrown a game is 
patently unfair.  Of course he could, but so could every other manager. 
... (^:b Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Neagle d:^)
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