Should Pete Rose be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Think about him as a player....not a manager.?

Answer 1

He should not go into the Hall of Fame until he is off the ineligible list, independent of his qualifications. If the man can't legally hold a job in organized baseball because of his own actions, how can anyone justify giving him the sport's highest honor? Get rid of or absolve or whatever term you want to use to erase that serious black mark from his record. Once that's done, usher him into the HOF with open arms, but not before.

Answer 2

Pete Rose is the epitome of how every baseball player should approach the game. He was the last in a great line of players who played the game at full speed all the time and played wide open. He was an amazing player to watch and I modeled myself after him when I played all my life. He has the most hits of all time and is up there in the tops of other major categories. He has something that most players don't have, and that is "heart". Most of the players today don't know what that is. Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall Of Fame..No doubt! He might have bet on baseball and lied about it for years,but I believe he never bet against his team or did anything to help his team lose! He loved to win too much to do that and anybody that knows anything about him knows that. Baseball have been my whole life since i was 7 and if he never makes it to the Hall of Fame, I might never go to Cooperstown to see it. So, Bart Giomatti,Bud Selig,and anyone else who doesn't believe he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame can kiss my a**!!!

Answer 3

Pete Rose agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball, in doing so he knew he would not be eligible for the Hall of Fame, Yes he was a great player, but there is more to it than that.

according to Rule 3 sec E

Any player on Baseball's ineligible list shall not be an eligible candidate.

Answer 4

I am not a big fan of Pete Rose for a number of reasons...

1. I don't think the matter of the issue of gambling has really been settled. perhaps, if Pete Rose handled it differently, I would have respected him more. Had Pete Rose admitted he had a gambling problem from the beginning and sought help, I think the issue of gambling would not be a factor as to whether or not he gambled on his team to loose or win by a lesser margin than the bookmakers offered.

The problem I have with Pete Rose gambling and Mickey Mantle's drinking is the way Mantle handled his addiction. I thought Mantle was a great human being who dealt properly with his addiction. Pete Rose is no Mickey Mantle.

2. When Pete Rose played baseball, he blind-sided many ball palyers and would think nothing about hurting another ball player on the opposite team. I don't believe it was all hustle. I think the whole idea of hustling should be considerate of aother ball players. It didn't happen with Pete Rose.

And, yet, when Rose was blind-sided by announcer Jim Gray he, Rose, took offence. There was no physical damage to Pete Rose during Jim Gray's interview. Perhaps, the ego of Rose might have been bruised, perhaps. but, nothing more.

Until I am fully satisfied with the matter of gambling regarding Pete Rose, my answer is ... No...Pete Rose does not belong in the Hall of Fame. And, by comparing Pete Rose with others who are in Baseball's Hall of Fame does not reduce or minimize the responsibility Pete Rose has to the game of baseball.

If Pete Rose wants to be in baseball's Hall of Fame, let Pete Rose answer the issue of his gambling addiction in plain simple terms to the complete satisfaction of every fan of baseball.

Answer 5

Of course he should. He is the all time hits leader. There are a lot of guys in the hall that have done a lot worse than gamble. He deserves to be there. For that matter I think Shoeless Joe Jackson should finally be let in. If guys like McGwire and Bonds will be let in someday with all the steriod accusations and such why shouldn't Rose be let in. He did what he did unenhanced and what he did as a manager should not reflect on what he did as a player.

Answer 6

I have problems with Rose's candidacy because he violated the most important rule of the game. He put into question the integrity of games in which he participated. Even with guys on steroids, at least you know that they are attempting to win.

As for his greatness as a player, it is very disputable. I would argue that there were only one or two seasons when he was among the top ten players in the game. He was very good for a very long time, but he was rarely great.

Bartmooby, it is insane to say that McGwire doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame. Steroids aside, he was a great player. He is in the top twenty all-time in homeruns, and he led his league on multiple occassions. Maris isn't in the Hall because he essentially had two great seasons and not very many good ones.

Answer 7

Yes he should and for one simple reason, he is the current all time hits leader in the MLB, That is all that matters, Tommy Lasorta isn't in as a player he is in as a Manager. And Pete Rose should go in as a player no questions asked. And I don't see what the big deal is he bet for his team to win, it's not like he made them loose to make money. So if his team won he made more money, who cares? And it wasn't against the rules to bet on your team back then, Major League Baseball made the rule and threw Pete Rose under the bus and ruined his life.

Answer 8

Although Pete Rose was in trouble for gambling (even though he bet on his own team to WIN!) - YES! He should. Sports are based on statistics - and the stats say that he was a hall-of-fame caliber player.

Answer 9

Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and several others did remarkable feats as ballplayers, but had all of their achievements stained by their human weaknesses. From a pure statistical standpoint, these men deserve a place in the record books. But to elevate them to a higher Hall of Fame status would be giving a message to future generations that you can achieve fame by flaunting society's norms. Thus, if Barry Bonds is eventually found guilty of using illegal drugs, his records will stand but we should not praise him as an example of good in our society.

Answer 10

Players should be voted in according to their merits on the field. Pete Rose is among the all time greatest players to play the game, and I have never heard this disputed. If players are voted in based on their merits as role models off the field, Cooperstown would be full of washed-up uhheard of players that made little or no contribution to the game. C'mon should players like bonds and sosa ever be in. Rose's accomplishments will never be taken away, but bonds will allways have an asterix after them. As far as sosa is concerned he is the biggest crybaby to ever set foot on the field.