Baseball legend Pete Rose recently talked about the umpire criticism, and he appears to be on the side of the umpires. The stance that Pete Rose has on umpires isn’t a very popular one right now.

Pete Rose’s net worth in 2024 is $3 million ... Rose’s first controversy as a manager was when he pushed umpire Dave Pallone.

Those words, which cemented Pete Rose's lifetime ban for gambling on ... Mitchell Leff/Getty Images "Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever ...

But here's the kicker: Whereas Pete Rose's association with gamblers cost him his entire affiliation with Major League Baseball, these two umpires received nothing more than probationary status.