should pete rose be allowed into the hall of fame?

Answer 1

Yes..why not..people make mistakes..Look at Warren Moon.He had problems with his wife and he made it..

Answer 2

These are the only facts that matter - 1. Pete Rose bet on baseball games in which he had a duty to perform (as manager of the Reds) 2. The punishment for doing so is to be declared permanently ineligible. (Note - it is not, as so many people call it a "lifetime ban". Rose will not be eligible for the HOF when he dies either) 3. Players who are on the Permanently Ineligible List are nto eligible for induction to the HOF. Steroids have nothing to do with Rose. Ty Cobb has nothing to do with Pete Rose (and if you kicked out every player who slid spikes high in the early 1900's , there'd be nobody left) Albert Belle has nothing to do with Rose. Belle served his punishment for corking a bat, as did anyone else who was caught corking a bat (Sammy Sosa, Craig Nettles, etc.) There are NO exceptions to this rule. Nowhere in the rule does it state that the punishment is different for players with more than 4000 hits. There is no difference between a player who was lazy and a player who "worked hard out on the field everyday". And there certainly is nothing that says that the punishment will be lifted because enough fans somehow feel that what Rose did was not worthy of his punishment. One other thing - although the HOF uses baseball's permanentlt ineligible list as a guideline, it does not exist for that purpose. Baseball has that list to make sure that people who damage the integrity of the game by breaking the most sacred rule they have will NEVER be allowed back into the game. For baseball to remove him from that list would mean that they would be okay with Rose going back to work as a coach, manager, GM, special consultant, etc. They can not declare him eligible again for any other reason. And Rose does not deserve that oppotunity. He knew what he did was wrong, and he knew the punishment for it would be being permanently gone from the game. Perhaps instead your time would be better spent campaigning for players who are more than worthy of the HOF but as yet haven't been inducted. I'll even give you 3 names to start with - Ron Santo, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven. One last little thing - the rule does not differentiate between betting on your team to win or lose. Even if he only bet on the Reds to win, the bottom line is he was betting. A small part of the equation would be what would happen if Rose had a bad losing streak and ending up owing a bookie more money than he could afford to pay? The odds that Rose would actually throw a game, while very remote, could exist as a result. And the rule needs to take all possibilities into account. Sorry, but Rose does not deserve to be in the HOF. He didn't in 1989, he doesn't now. and he won't in the future either. Baseball doesn't want any part of him, and neither does the Hall. And that's the way it will stay until "permanent" expires.

Answer 3

Yes,
Charlie Hustle aka Pete Rose deserves to be in the hall of fame if nothing else for what he did on the field. Look at the other superstars in the hall of fame that had checkerd past, like Babe Ruth, great baseball player but he was a drunk and a womanizer.

Answer 4

Yes..............and No


Based on his on-the-field accomplishments yes, there's no doubt that Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame. He's the Hit King, Charlie Hustle, All-Star, World Series MVP (1975). No doubt, he should be in.

BUT.............................

Rule 5 of the Rules for the Election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame state:

Rule #5. Voting — Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.

Integrity and character are key to being included in the Hall of Fame.

People! He bet on baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds and has admitted publicly to doing it .....after having denied doing it in his own words in his own book.

What message does the Hall of Fame send to the youth of America and the world if it allows a liar and a gambler into the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose will never be in the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame!

Answer 5

yes, do to the fact that all of his baseball accomplishments were done before he started coaching. there are known drug user in the hall so why not pete. is this what we are telling our kids is that it's okay to do drugs but don't gamble .

Answer 6

I think he did enough good things on the field to warrant his inclusion in the Hall.

Answer 7

Yes - why not.....look at some of the things that have happened since- no doubt, Bonds will prob make it (now that would be a shame)

Answer 8

yes, just because he gambled on games doesnt change what he done in the business because it didnt affect the way he played. Now steroids is a different topic.

Answer 9

Yes and he would go in as a Red

Answer 10

i say yes just cause he bet on baseball doesnt take away that he is a great player he still had 3000 hits even if they took them away from him.