served his time, he is the all-time hits leader with 4,256 hits. People make a big deal about Biggio getting to 3,000 hits, I mean Rose had over 1,000 more. It's time to let Rose back into baseball. If baseball allows steroid users like Bonds to break records, they should allow Rose to get back into the game and he should definitely be in the Hall of Fame. He played 24 seasons and was a career .303 hitter, career hits leader. He admitted to betting on baseball, enough is enough. Bud Selig, reverse Giamiatti's decision and let him back in. If drug users like Bonds will get in the Hall of Fame, Pete Rose should get in. This is ridiculous. Let Charlie Hustle in.
2007-08-02 11:53:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
He should just be in the HOF.
Regardless of what he had done as a manager he was a good enough player to make it to the HOF.
M.L.B. needs to make a decision if Rose is ever going to be in the HOF and yes, enough is enough!
2007-08-02 12:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by #1 New York Yankees Fan 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Rose has done nothing, NOTHING to reform his life and habits and the destructive behaviors that led to his permanent ineligibility from Major League Baseball. What the hell sort of "dues paying" is that? "Hi, I'm Pete Rose, older but still just as stubborn, dense, and arrogant as before. It's the Hit King talking! Lemme in."
Great message to send to the children -- never learn from your mistakes, kids. They get enough of that crap from national politics.
The agreement which Rose willingly signed declared him to be permanently ineligible. He can be reinstated when "permanent" has expired. Or when he's innocent. It appears that neither condition will obtain any time soon.
Rose's long, hard road to rehabilitation -- upon which he has barely taken the first step -- does not BEGIN at the Hall. At best, it ENDS there. That his apologists harbor this notion of summary induction is laughably deluded. The Hall will simply have to soldier on without the all-time outs leader among its roster.
Rose supporters continue to exhibit far greater regard for his career and achievements than Rose himself did, as he continually risked throwing all of it away, and ultimately did.
Rose dug himself into a big ol' pit, and people just keep rushing forward to help him dig his way out. It doesn't work that way.
2007-08-02 12:20:07 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Never let Rose in until he admits gambling on games. He was one of the finest players ever to play the game but gambling on baseball as a manager is fatal. A full confession, with real contrition, might help but Rose has continuously lied. No admission for Rose. And it's too bad because he was a great player. But you do not gamble in baseball.
2007-08-02 12:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Enough is NOT enough.
Pete Rose knew the rules the day he walked into a major league clubhouse in 1963. He knew the rules when he was betting on his team in 1985. He knows what the punishment is. He has to live with the consequences of his actions.
There was no ignorance of the rules. He knew them. He broke them. He deserves his lifetime ban and does not belong in the Hall of Fame.
2007-08-02 15:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by ihateeverybodyexceptyou 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
as a player, yes. As a manager, no. Pete Rose belongs in the HOF, as a player. Joe Torre is in the HOF as both a player and a manager,which indicates that MLB considers those to be two very different careers. Pete Rose never gambled on baseball as a player. As a player, his career ranks among the best ever, by any player, in any time. I understand banning him from baseball as a manager, it was under that function that he gambled. But, as a player, he belongs in Cooperstown. MLB makes a distinction between being a player and a manager, Pete Rose the player should be penalized for the actions of Pete Rose the manager.
2007-08-02 14:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
NO!
pete rose is BANNED FOR LIFE for a darn good reason!
He'll never see the inside of the Hall Of Fame, not even as a paying customer or even after he has been dead for 100 years.
Any REAL baseball fan would know why, and to think it's ok what he did is JUST PLAIN WRONG!
2007-08-02 11:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It was his mistake. He bet on baseball and you can't do that. Maybe, just maybe, if he hadn't lied about it 600 times before he told the truth he could be allowed in. But he couldn't even tell the truth. He lied for 15 years and decided one day, "hey I'm going to tell the truth". He expected everyone to feel bad for him, and vote him into the hall of fame. That didn't happen. He doesn't deserve it.
2007-08-02 13:03:34 · answer #7 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ah, and let's forgive Osama Bin Laden too. He made a little mistake. He's sorry. He didn't mean it. If he could, he'd take it back.
OJ Simpson for Mayor of Carmel!!!
Mike Vick for Alpo commercials.
You Rose apologists are CRAZY!!! He, as a MANAGER, bet on his team. Is corruption that deep forgivable? Then let Abramson out of jail and let's let Charles Manson run Major League Baseball Player's Betting Union.
Criminy!
2007-08-02 12:53:35 · answer #8 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think banned for life means banned for life.
All real sports must treat their gambling participants with uncompromising banishment. Once the outcome of real sports becomes predetermined, it is no longer a real sport.
The reason most fans like to watch sports is that it's the only entertainment in which nothing is scripted. Anything can happen and usually does.
Take that away from the fans and it just becomes WWE wrestling without all the great acting.
2007-08-02 11:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Pete Rose spat in the face of baseball when he gambled got caught and lied. The rule state that if you gamble on baseball and get caught you will be banned.
2007-08-02 15:37:44 · answer #10 · answered by n8tedog2002 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, let him back in, heck while we're at it lets let the 1919 Blacksox back in. I mean come on people its been almost 80 years, they've served their time, right?
Get real. The man bet on baseball while he was a manager. We won't ever be able to prove he never bet on his team and that he never made decisions to affect the outcome of the bets he made. He doesn't deserve to be in baseball, so shut the heck up.
2007-08-02 12:03:13 · answer #11 · answered by doctorklove07 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋