Will Pete Rose ever get into the hall of fame?

Question

Also, is it a crime that he isn't already, or is it justice?

Answer 1

I did not like Pete Rose when he played the game because he was always beating my favorite team. But this guy gave 100% every time he went on that field and put up some very impressive numbers for hitting. Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame based on his playing years. His transgressions were committed while he was a manager. If Rose's numbers don't get him into the Hall of Fame, I think everyone except Aaron, Ruth, Cobb, and Mantle should be kicked out too. There are 2 men who will get into the Hall who used performance enhancing chemicals, McGwire and Bonds. These guys cheated in other ways while still players. If Rose can't get in, these guys don't need to be in there either. Many of the players in the Hall weren't epitomes of virtue either.

Answer 2

Pete Rose was a great player. Unfortunately, he also participated in serious illegal activities, got caught, and lied about it. That should (and probably will) keep him out of the Hall of Fame, in my opinion. Why do we insist on giving people special treatment simply because of how talented they are? Don't the same laws apply to Pete Rose as apply to you and me? Would your employer give you any sort of lifetime achievement award if you were caught making money illegally some way off your company? Personally, I think the Hall of Fame should start a wing for the Most Valuable Criminals in Baseball. Pete can get his star there, so can Roger, Barry...geez, that's gonna have to be a big wing. :-)

Answer 3

I never liked Pete Rose, but just because you are in baseball I don't see any reason why you cant bet on other games as long as you don't try to fix it. I guess owners of race horses should not be allowed to bet on races. They can even bet on their own horse and it is easier to fix a horse race then a ball game. I don't think he will get in. The same thing with players who use steroids, they can't time the ball any better you need talent to hit the ball. Maybe you can hit the ball 35 feet longer but Bonds and McGwire were able to hit them out anyway. McGwire hit 48 home runs when he first came in. In the old days they playes 152 games so anythig after 152 games should not count in the record books. We can go on and on in the old days there was no DH so why should a DH have any of his hitting stats compete with a player who has to sit in the hot sun and play the field.Ther e is alot of unjust things in baseball. there should be a limit on how many free agents a team can sign over a 3 yr period. This will give other teams a chance to get some players and the cost will go down if less teams can bid on them.

Answer 4

I hope not.

He broke a rule that is in place to protect the sport's credibility. If your transgressions are outside the realm of baseball, then it isn't right to consider them to exclude someone. But when your actions undermine the public's confidence in the game - gambling, steroids, throwing games - then you should be out, and stay out.

If Rose's only transgressions were his gambling problem and his IRS tax problems, so be it, let him in.

The fact that he bet on baseball, lied for decades until a lucrative book deal made it profitable to tell the truth while playing the role of an unfairly accused martyr all the while... Frankly, screw you, Pete. Have a nice life hawking crap on the Home Shopping Network.

Answer 5

I think he will eventually get into the HOF, when he played he played 100% all of the time, he was a player who on his playing ability and his zeal that deserved to be in the HOF as a first timer, plus he was a team leader that took at least one team to the World Series.
But when he was a manager he broke the rules and he deserves to be punished and an example needs to be set.
I think he will go in eventually, probably after he dies. But I do not think he should go in.

Answer 6

I hope that he won't because it will definitely dilute what the HOF is. He gambled on baseball while he was a manager of a MLB team. There isn't any proof to suggest that he didn't wager against his own team. That in itself is a terrible accusation of guilt.
The crime is that Shoeless Joe Jackson isn't in the HOF. Read about him.

Answer 7

Ture, he does have the most hits in baseball history, but he didn't help the Reds win that many World Series. Besides, he bet on his own sport, which in my opinion is pretty reprehensible.

Answer 8

It's the same deal with the "juicers"--they shouldn't be allowed in the Hall either.

Answer 9

MLB makes no distinction between betting on your own team or any other team. If you bet on baseball, you are banned for life. End of story. He admitted he bet on baseball, he's done.

Answer 10

All I know is if Barry Bonds and all the other steroid abusers get in, he definitely should!