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Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves fielded questions at the NFL Scouting Combine about their quarterback situation, and didn’t allow himself to get sucked into talk about Peyton Manning possibly being in the desert in 2012.

When asked about Manning, Whisenhunt said, “I’m not going to get into those scenarios. I think Rod Graves, our general manager, said it best. We’re always looking for opportunities with players. I don’t think that’s any different from any team in the league.”

Graves, who spoke after his coach told reporters he’s a fan like everyone else when it comes to Manning, wondering if and when the quarterback will play again.

“We’ve got an outstanding group of quarterbacks with us right now,” Graves said. “We believe we can win with those quarterbacks, and, you know, we’re preparing as if they’re going to be the group we’re working with. And we’ll see other opportunities present themselves if that happens.”

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I am not certain why, but it has seemed everyone has forgotten my bday. Two days ago it came and went without one phone name. Well, I got a phone name. It was from my mother. She truly just known as for no cause and we just talked. I purposely didn’t mention it had been my bday, in reality, I figured that there could be no cause to deliver it up to my own mom. I assumed she was being silly and by the end of the dialog she would say pleased bday. So, we talked for about 15 minutes before I realized she was wrapping up the dialog and needed to go. She and my father were going buying.
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The Texans have a big task ahead of them before the start of free agency, and that will be to try and get OLB Mario Williams inked to a long-term deal.

The team will also do what they can to get running back Arian Foster inked, but he will be a restricted free agent, so there’s some time to spare in a deal with him.

The Texans can’t afford to carry Williams at .9 million for one year. They can’t trade him because you can’t trade a player who’s not under contract.

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had 2,000 more hits, at 4,256, and isn’t in the Hall of Fame. I thought that Bud Selig was going to look at his case around 5 years ago, but still, no word? When is enough, enough? It’s time to re-enstate Pete back into baseball and make him elibilble for the Hall of Fame. Even if he bet on baseball after he played, as a Manager, that still doesn’t take away from all of those hits he had as a player. He should’ve been a first ballot Hall of Famer. This is just ridiculous. It’s not like he cheated while he played. He didn’t take roids or anything. He had a gambling problem and bet while he was a manager, so what? And if it was a big deal, I think he’s paid for his sins by now. It’s been like 23 years. I think that’s long enough. Please let Pete in before he dies. What do you think?

Born: April 14, 1941 (1941-04-14) (age 70)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 8, 1963 for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
August 17, 1986 for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics
Batting average .303
Hits 4,256
Home runs 160
Runs batted in 1,314
Teams
As player

Cincinnati Reds (1963–1978)
Philadelphia Phillies (1979–1983)
Montreal Expos (1984)
Cincinnati Reds (1984–1986)
As manager

Cincinnati Reds (1984–1989)

Career highlights and awards
3× World Series champion (1975, 1976, 1980)
1973 NL MVP
1975 World Series MVP
3× National League Batting Champion (1968, 1969, 1973
17× All-Star (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985)
2× Gold Glove Award winner (1969, 1970)
Silver Slugger Award winner (1981)
1963 NL Rookie of the Year
1968 Hutch Award
1969 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1976 Roberto Clemente Award
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Holds numerous other records and achievements
MLB Records

4,256 career hits
3,562 career games played
14,053 career at-bats
you’re comparing gambling to what OJ did (Murder). Major FAIL

Pete Rose will not be inducted into the HOF as long as he lives. They will never give him the satisfaction of accepting the honor and giving a speech.

One rule. There is just ONE rule major leaguers have to follow. Just one. And that idiot couldn’t do it. He doesn’t deserve the Hall, pure and simple. He thought he was bigger than the game and he wasn’t. By your logic, if OJ had been found guilty of murder they should have released him anyway, because he had such a good record. Rose should be considered in about 450 years. And then rejected.

i 100% agree. Bud was just on the losing side of those bets i bet you. That why hes mad lol

Gambling in uniform is gambling in uniform. You can try to make all the excuses for it you want, but it’s the one rule you cannot break. And he broke it. Banned for life is the punishment. Banned for life he stays. And deservedly so.

Pete Rose DID use PED’s. He used illegal drugs to increase his performance, illegal amphetamines. Steroids are not the only PED’s that have been used in baseball. Amphetamines are illegal drugs used to increase performance. They are now banned every bit as much as steroids just not talked about as much. Pete Rose also bet on baseball. Pete Rose will never be in the HOF and never should be. When you start letting guys like Pete Rose in MLB becomes the WWE with fixed results. MLB can not allow players or managers to bet on the game or things like the Black Sox world series will become common place.

Peter Edward Rose SHOULD have been a first ballot Hall of Famer. But he chose to do the only thing that would carry a PERMANENT banishment from the game. So the reason Peter Edward Rose is not in the Hall of Fame is Peter Edward Rose. He made is own bed. Let him lay in it.

THis is what I think.
It’s nice to see your compassion for Mr. Rose.
I’m sure he would appreciate your thoughts.
Yes, he should have been a first ballot Hall of Famer.
Yes, he had a gambling problem and bet while he was a manager.
You think he’s paid for his sins by now.
It’s been like 23 years.
You think that’s long enough.
You say let him in before he dies.

Not sure how OJ gets into a rationale discussion on the subject of Rose.

Rose accepted a lifetime ban from baseball, which disqualifies him from even being on the HOF ballot.
It’s too bad Rose has all the playing records but whose character couldn’t prevent him from gambling on games. You may recall he also stonewalled the investigation. You also recall Rose cheated on his income taxes and is a convicted felon for tax evasion – serving time in a Federal Penitentiary.

Let him in before he dies.
You’re comparing someone who broke a Cardinal Rule in baseball to what it took for Ron Santo to finally get into the Hall literally after he died. Now THAT was a very Major FAIL.

Now let me start off by saying that there are always rules people need to follow, and it’s inexcusable to intentionally disobey those rules.

But the Hall of Fame is designed to recognize the greatest ball-players of all time, and Rose is clearly one of the best. So they’re basically shunning all of his great accomplishments because he simply broke a rule. I don’t care what punishment they give for disobeying the so-called “Cardinal Rule”, but don’t completely ignore his legendary career. The greatest players of all time need to be recognized.

On the other side, I do realize what gambling can do to baseball. I wouldn’t want to be a fan of a sport where I have to wonder if the game was rigged when something out of the ordinary happens. So for everyone who breaks the gambling rule, I think it’s correct to punish them to a fairly severe degree, but I don’t understand the point in ignoring his accomplishments. Come on now.

Hey, why don’t you argue for the reinstatement of Buck Weaver first? We KNOW he didn’t bet on games. He’s actually INNOCENT.
He needs to be reinstated before Rose.

“When is enough, enough?” is better asked of the pro-Rose apologists and groupies. How many decades before they surrender this futile fight? Or, at the very least, TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT than just crabbing away from their keyboards — a method which, after 22 years, I think we can proclaim a proven failure for effecting material change to Rose’s status.

Rose’s on-field performance is not the reason he is not in the Hall. Such an argument is nonsensical, and really not worth pursuing. Worth noting, however, that neither was his playing career sufficient grace for ignoring the special damning circumstances he brought upon himself which DO obviate his Hall eligibility. It works both ways.

Anyone who thinks Rose’s gambling transgressions happened only after he took his last at-bat* is woefully naive. Dowd never substantiated the claims and didn’t need to, but there is evidence that Rose bet during his last few playing seasons, and sketchier indications that his gambling stretched WAY back into his playing career.

Rose could, possibly, EARN a second chance. It never is going to be handed to him. Fans whining about his fate (that he wrought with his own acts, and agreed to by his own signature) really are not helping the cause.

ps. Rose’s sentence is “permanent ineligibility”. When “permanent” expires, he’ll have served his time. We’re not there yet.

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* He struck out against San Diego’s Goose Gossage, ending the bottom of the eighth (while pinch-hitting for the pitcher) in a 9-5 loss to the Padres, 17-August-1986.

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I am not certain why, but it has seemed everybody has forgotten my bday. Two days in the past it came and went with out 1 telephone name. Well, I obtained a telephone name. It was from my mother. She really just known as for no cause and we just talked. I purposely did not point out it was my bday, in fact, I figured that there would be no cause to deliver it as much as my personal mother. I assumed she was being silly and by the end with the conversation she would say happy bday. So, we talked for about 15 minutes before I recognized she was wrapping up the conversation and needed to go. She and my father had been going shopping.
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Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux is next up as the Chicago Cubs search for a new manager. Maddux is slated to interview on Wednesday.

Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum and Philadelphia Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin have already been interviewed to replace Mike Quade, who was fired by new president of baseball operations Theo Epstein.

Maddux pitched for nine teams in a 15-year major-league career that ended in 2000. He became pitching coach of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2003, then took the same job with Texas before the 2009 season and has helped the Rangers win back-to-back AL pennants. The Cubs are also expected to interview Cleveland bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr.

Maddux withdrew from consideration for the Red Sox managers vacancy, citing the distance between Boston and his family in the Dallas area.

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I am not certain why, but it has seemed everybody has forgotten my birthday. Two days in the past it came and went with out one phone call. Nicely, I obtained a phone call. It was from my mom. She really just called for no cause and we just talked. I purposely did not point out it was my birthday, in reality, I figured that there would be no cause to bring it as much as my personal mom. I assumed she was becoming foolish and by the end with the dialog she would say pleased birthday. So, we talked for about 15 minutes before I realized she was wrapping up the dialog and needed to go. She and my father were going shopping.
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St. Louis running back Steven Jackson plans on playing in the Rams’ second preseason game, even though he’s missed most of the last two practices because of a sore hip.

Jackson said Wednesday the injury is trivial and that trainers are just being cautious. He plans on fully participating in Thursday’s practice.

Jackson joked that he was hurt “getting out of bed, man,” followed by his trademark guffaw, then amended that evaluation to “general soreness.”

Coach Steve Spagnuolo said Jackson, who’s coming off his sixth straight 1,000-yard season and second Pro Bowl nod, told him during the morning walkthrough that he wanted to try to play.

“His mindset is he’d like to get some plays in,” Spagnuolo said. “But we’ll see.”

This preseason is a bigger deal than usual for Jackson because he’s learning new offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels’ system. Jackson totaled nine carries for 42 yards in the 2010 preseason but said he’d like to play as long as the first string goes in Saturday night’s game against the Tennessee Titans.

“We’re all fairly new to it so you just want to make sure you’re executing the plays and doing the things coach McDaniels wants,” Jackson said.

Last week, the Rams had a big day offensively without Jackson, scoring on six of their first seven possessions in a 33-10 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Quarterback Sam Bradford ended up taking 24 snaps after staying in to finish a 14-play scoring drive at the start of the second quarter.

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Plaxico Burress is still without a team as he and the rest of the nation awaits the end of the lockout. There’s options for Burress, as he is going to be somewhere in 2011, and it won’t be with the Giants, his former team. Burress was on NFL Network Thursday, and spoke about three teams that could eventually sign the wide receiver – the Jets, Texans and Eagles.

“(Jets owner) Woody Johnson has been doing a great job running that organization,” said Burress, wearing a pinstriped suit and lilac tie as he tries to rehabilitate his image. “(Coach) Rex Ryan definitely has that team going in the right direction. They’re definitely right on the cusp of, I think, going to a Super Bowl and eventually wining it.”

As for the Texans, he said: “When you say Houston, all I can say is ‘Wow.’ That’s all I can say, because I give respect where respect is due. And I believe Andre Johnson is the best wide receiver in football. … The way he’s playing down in Houston, they’re getting everything going in the right direction. Matt Schaub has really taken off as an elite quarterback. I think Arian Foster is one of the top-five running backs in this league. I think that team is bound for the playoffs this year and looking forward to great things.”

Then during a call-in interview with Philadelphia radio station 97.5 The Fanatic, Burress gushed about the Eagles .

“It’s definitely attractive,” he said. “I’m not going to sit here and say it’s not. I mean I just look at the pieces to the puzzle that’s already in place, and if I can just go out there and fill that void and just be that extra playmaker and go out and have a presence, have an impact, ya know make the guys better around me, it’s a great opportunity. I mean you don’t get this opportunity too many times in sports and in life to be able to go out and be a part of a group that’s already elite. And if I can just go out and just have a presence, make some plays and do what I love to do, man I think it could be really special.”

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The Seahawks’ considered taking quarterback Andy Dalton with the 25th pick in the first round according to Brady Henderson of MyNorthwest.com. Seahawks GM John Schneider explained the decision Wednesday on the Kevin Calabro show.

“We debated with Andy Dalton, there’s no question about it. But I think we all felt like we were at a point in our development where we couldn’t pass on a starting tackle right now,” he said. “Quite honestly, we’d like to have a guy, especially a rookie, be more of a developmental type and a guy more like Aaron Rodgers and sit for a year or two. So that was really the only point in the draft where there was a guy where we were like, ‘There he is, that’s a very viable option.’

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