RIP hall of famer Pete Rose

There's a gaping hole, an astronomical void, in the baseball Hall of Fame where he belongs, and I got to say as much to him at the Taj Mahal casino years ago when I was able to steal a minute of his time...
The Hall of Fame awaits now that his lifetime band is over
It's seems petty that the MLB held that grudge for so long. Pete should have seen himself be inducted. He damn well better get in on first nomination. When you look at what pro athletes are doing, and in many cases getting away with, now, what Pete did was minor. He never bet on a team he was coaching. Nowadays athletes do ads for gambling apps. :messedup:
 
At the time it wasn't so petty. Gambling was a HUGE no no in Baseball for a long time. When under investigation about the allegations, Rose lied to the Commissioner about his involvement. When it was found out Rose lied, he got the harshest penalty they could give him.
 
At the time it wasn't so petty. Gambling was a HUGE no no in Baseball for a long time. When under investigation about the allegations, Rose lied to the Commissioner about his involvement. When it was found out Rose lied, he got the harshest penalty they could give him.
Agreed, but that was what...1989? It was petty to hold onto that decision for 35+ years and not revisit the permanent ban. Would it have been so terrible to let him in the HOF in the 2020s? I think the MLB's point had been made by then.
 
IDK, it's been kinda hard over the years for me to separate the on-field accomplishments, like being part of a Phillies world series victory, with troubling aspect of who he was as person....beyond just the gambling, tax evasion, and lying.
 
He was also allegedly a total dickhead to almost everyone he ever met - which I think has been instrumental in ensuring that the ban was never lifted.
 
He was also allegedly a total dickhead to almost everyone he ever met - which I think has been instrumental in ensuring that the ban was never lifted.

Can confirm from meeting him one time briefly when I was a kid.
 
It's seems petty that the MLB held that grudge for so long. Pete should have seen himself be inducted. He damn well better get in on first nomination. When you look at what pro athletes are doing, and in many cases getting away with, now, what Pete did was minor. He never bet on a team he was coaching. Nowadays athletes do ads for gambling apps. :messedup:

I don't think the controversy is so much about punishing the vice of gambling in itself as it is about the slippery slope of what can happen if players gamble on their own sport. There are a lot of problems that causes. Those apps are for fans and not for players. I don't like them either, but that is a separate issue.

Letting him in the hall of fame would basically normalize that particular problem which right now is cause for suspension in most sports.
 
Another thing I just remembered is that he was placing bets from the dugout phone when he was manager. I lived in Phila when he was a Phillie and helped them win a pennant and still, F him. He was a lowlife.
 
I’m totally comfortable with him not being in the HOF.

Unless the museum makes a new collection to emphasize ‘How to Ensure Never to Be a HOFer’.
 
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