He's a tough kid. He's a competitor. You know, the baseball gods just weren't with us tonight.

The baseball gods owed us one, but I think we earned it, too.

Look at this. The baseball gods are still smiling on us.

The baseball gods are showing me a little bit of everything this year. We just seem to make a mistake at the most inappropriate time.

Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be. It's unfortunate that the commissioner's office has decided to allow that to be the reality. I don't think Pete would mind if they said 'No' to Pete. Pete wants them to go one way or the other and get him out of the void he's in.

I think the Baseball Hall of Fame should take a stronger position on a lot of issues,