[jazusamo]

Rose: “Because he never would have made the Hall of Fame if I wasn't born.”

Rose has got to have a screw loose, he'd do himself a favor if he'd shut up and stop making a jackass of himself.

[Red Badger]

Wanna bet, Pete?..................

[epluribus_2]

shut up, Pete.

[C19fan]

Rose being Rose again.

[dainbramaged]

Pete Rose, great player but a deeply flawed degenerate gambler.

[Phlap]

What are the odds?

[Gay State Conservative]

Of course he should be banned.To think otherwise just confirms stories about his low IQ.

[BBQToadRibs]

As a starry eyed kid, Pete was a hero. Wasn’t long into my teenage years I realized his ego was his Achilles.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Bench was pretty darned good. I bet he would have made the HOF had he been on almost any team.

[Phlap]

Pete and Shoeless Joe will be inducted together ... when Hell freezes over.

[TexasGator]

Did you even read the article you posted?

[libertylover]

Rose said, adding that Bench couldn’t understand why he wasn’t as loved as Rose was in Cincinnati.

Uh, Pete, there's a statue of Bench at Great American Ballpark.

[EnglishOnly]

Yet, he still would have sold a lot of Spray Paint.

[Conserv]

Rose is just a dreadful human being...

crappy man, crappy husband, and a crappy father.

Oh, and one hell of a crappy haircut.

[jazusamo]

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[JonPreston]

Love the guy, and if drug addicts are admitted to the HoF, so should gamblers, especially Trump-supporting, Charlie Hustle!

[SoFloFreeper]

Whatever Pete. Both of you were great players. And I think Commissioner Giamatti made the right call.

Pro sports players—even big stars—should have to play by the rules.

[Joe 6-pack]

Over his career a lot of people disliked Rose for his cockiness and arrogance. Personally, I've never really had a problem with "cocky" people who could put their money where their mouth is, and walk the walk.

I've actually been sympathetic to Rose, and understood his bitterness, which he has not handled well. Every now and then, he pops up and says or does something stupid, and my sympathy for him is wearing thin.

[NorthMountain]

Ya know what, Pete? If you had exercised just a bit of self control … done your job as manager and stayed away from gambling …

YOU'D BE IN THE HOF, TOO.

But you didn't.

And you aren't.

And you never will be.

STFU.

[Sans-Culotte]

I always hated Rose. He exuded jerk-ness. He’s the only player I would boo when he came up to bat in the Astrodome.

[doggieboy]

Some rules can’t be broken...and with good reason. Someone posted a clip of Rose ruining Fosse’s career with the All Star collision. Rose being Rose was the proper caption. Still...I would like to see Rose in the HOF...the first year after he passes away.