Now, more than a half-century later, I'm logging off at WDRB.

It used to be that breaking the rules got you banished. Increasingly, it just seems to mean you were ahead of your time.

This is a decision unlikely to please anybody. 

Rose died Monday at the age of 83 in Clark County, Nevada. 

One question remains: Will he make it to Cooperstown and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum?

It's a compelling and comprehensive 332-page look at the Rise (ACT I); Shine (II); Fame (III); Fall (IV) and Wreckage (V) of Rose's epically tortured career and life as a baseball player, icon and pariah, who has been banned from the game for nearly 35 years.

 The first baseman's glove was worn throughout the 1985 season by Rose. 

Nothing can be more deflating to a baseball fan than believing your favorite team is out of the playoff race three soft ground balls into a 162-game season.

Nothing screams that baseball season is finally here more than a prediction column, but not even the Houston Astros can steal the signs of what 2020 will bring.

Does Pete Rose, the game's all-time hits leader, deserve a space in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.?