Pete Rose's ban from baseball to be lifted?

Pete Rose should be in the baseball Hall of Fame. He is the all time hit leader and was a great baseball player. As a human being he would probably not be in anyone's Hall of Fame.

I think the guy is a scumbag. I would never go near him and probably wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. The Hall of Fame shouldn't be about that though. It is about baseball. It is the same Hall that has Ty Cobb in it. The Ty Cobb that was a notorious racist. The HOF wants to be so pure and a beacon of all that is good. It really is only a museum. It is letting politics taint its vision of the history of the game. Rose has a lifetime ban from baseball and this is what is keeping him out of the Hall. I think he bet on baseball and I think he is guilty of the more egregious, betting on his OWN games. Does this mean he should be out of the Hall of Fame? Definitely not. He was great at PLAYING THE GAME. Which is what the Hall should dictate.

Pete Rose is always around Cooperstown during HOF weekend. He is at card shows and other baseball related events, always looking to parlay his name (or autograph) into some quick cash. This is yet another reason that I think he is a dirty, scummy man. It just seems like it is always about selling something and getting paid with him. Why can't the Hall just induct him into the hall but ban him from advertising himself as a HOFer? That would be the simplest solution. I'm not positive it is doable though.

The reality is I only think Rose makes the Hall posthumously where he is finally honored but he can no longer use this label for his own personal gains and taint the legacy of the Hall.

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- posted by Doug @ 11:35:00 AM