Johnny Damon
I Agree With Trump …
Put Pete Rose In Corridor Of Fame!!!
Revealed
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Politics ain’t the one factor Johnny Damon and Donald Trump agree on … the previous MLB star tells TMZ Sports activities POTUS is true in the case of Pete Rose‘s Corridor of Fame candidacy as effectively.
Trump took to his Reality Social web page on Friday night time to demand MLB “get off its fats, lazy ass” and put Rose into Cooperstown … and after we spoke with Damon in regards to the opinion on Monday, he instructed us he concurred.
The ex-Pink Sox outfielder — who truly served on the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health and Diet throughout Trump’s first time period in D.C. — stated the sport’s local weather has modified a lot since Rose was first given a perma-ban for playing on baseball that he now thinks it is about time to get the MLB’s Hit King into the HOF.
“I know he made a mistake at one time and it’s been so long and now all these baseball teams, they have these gambling sites that sponsor the teams,” Damon instructed us. “I don’t think Pete Rose did as much as what’s going on right now.”
Damon argued, too, that what Rose did wasn’t all that unforgiveable — noting he solely “bet on his team to win.”
“At least he didn’t bet on his team to lose,” Damon stated.
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When he is not advocating for legends to get HOF plaques, Damon’s been preserving busy as of late engaged on his A-GAME beverage biz … and he tells us he thinks it is poised for an enormous yr — identical to the L.A. Dodgers.
