Charlie Hustler - Pete Rose screws underage girl and has a semantic defense

So, she was under 16? Well, uh, I didn't think she was. END OF STORY. The media is always playing games with words, so why not an illiterate cheat like Pete Rose? Rose, never known for being anything but an abrasive lout with a Moe haircut, got banned from baseball for gambling. In trying to pick a fight with a guy who got the dirt on him, Pete's only gotten more mud on his own face and uniform.

The girl in question, who is saying the sex with the MARRIED man was consensual, insists she was technically not of legal age.

Pete comes up with a good excuse. HE figures maybe she was. "Based on my belief," he says. Well, that makes it so. Doesn't it? So let's move on to the bigger picture, which is that he's been maligned, he's got more hits than anybody in baseball history, and he should be given the glory of the Hall of Fame. Which would help raise the price when he signs autographs.

Yes, Mr. Dowd. "Isn't that lovely?" A married man with a face like spoiled Pla-doh, screwing an underage girl and lying about it, like he rationalized his gambling on baseball. "Lovely...Lovely...."