Johnny Damon
I Agree With Trump …
Put Pete Rose In Corridor Of Fame!!!
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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 relating to Pete Rose‘s Corridor of Fame candidacy as nicely.
Trump took to his Fact Social web page on Friday evening to demand MLB “get off its fat, 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 Vitamin throughout Trump’s first time period in D.C. — mentioned 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 do know he made a mistake at one time and it has been so lengthy and now all these baseball groups, they’ve these playing websites that sponsor the groups,” Damon instructed us. “I do not assume Pete Rose did as a lot as what is going on on proper now.”
Damon argued, too, that what Rose did wasn’t all that unforgiveable — noting he solely “guess on his group to win.”
“No less than he did not guess on his group to lose,” Damon mentioned.
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When he isn’t advocating for legends to get HOF plaques, Damon’s been preserving busy today engaged on his A-GAME beverage biz … and he tells us he thinks it is poised for an enormous 12 months — similar to the L.A. Dodgers.
