 The government has to show clearly it has abandoned the old Stalinist class struggle approach. Vanishment for life for Pete Rose from baseball is the sad end of a sorry episode. I gambled on other sports other than baseball. I never gambled on baseball, but I think I'm being punished pretty severely. So the Oakland A's take a 2-1 lead. Jim Baker, once one of this nation's most powerful televangelists, now faces a lifetime in prison. $300.