Difference here my friend is time and race. Different time and the right race for ARod.
I love baseball and watch everyday but will never again go to HoF nor speak about anyone’s HoF status until Pete is in. He messed up but no more than the people who broke records while on roids that won’t even get asterisks by their name. Rose deserves to get in, his infraction had nothing to do with his performance on the field.
You can’t let half a person into the hall. He has admitted to betting as a manager, which is a banning offense but since the league won’t let the rest of the “evidence” out we have no idea if he actually bet on his own games when he was a player. He actually admitted betting on games in his book but he always claims he never bet against his teams. Bottom line, he was in a position to change the outcome of games and when he didn’t bet on his team to win, he could have been sending a signal to the others that it’s safe to bet against them. He got what he deserved. I agree that his records should be on display but as an individual with a plaque along side Gehrig, Williams and Seaver, no way. The rules are the rules.
As far as steroids go, the writers have shown a reluctance to vote anyone from this era into the hall and I believe they will continue to do so until MLB and the MLBPA come clean about the evidence of users. The only way Alex gets to the hall is buying a ticket, same with Bonds, Sosa, McGwire and others that have been shown to have tested positive.
Peter Rose’s lifetime banishment has nothing to do with race.