[cloud8]

"4,256 hits. 2,200 runs. That's all I did," he said. "I'm a Hall of Famer."

/Sarcasm off

Tough luck for Charley Hustle. But he and his teammates will always know that the 1975 World Series was the greatest ever.

/Resume usual sarcasm

[wireman]

He'll get in. Right after "Shoeless" Joe.

[highball]

Commissioner Bud Selig will not rule on Rose's application for reinstatement before the 2006 ballot is released Nov. 29, according to Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer.

Good for Bud. Stand firm against this liar.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Bad headline - he's still eligible - just not to enter via the writers. If the Veteran's Committee sees him as worthy, he'll be in. And since that Committee is made up of current Hall of Famers I think they are the most legit group to determine the criteria of joining their club. This should be in their hands.

[dead]

I'm sure the different people who purchased one of the multiple versions of "the actual bat he broke Ty Cobb's record with" are going to be so sad, as are the multiple owners of his one and only MVP ring.

[Jaxter]

"..the rules for the Hall's BBWAA ballot state that players must have been retired for at least five years but no more than 20 to be eligible for election."

Then how did Bill Mazeroski get inducted in 2001 when he retired in 1972?

[SCALEMAN]

Rose, who last year admitted he did bet on the Cincinnati Reds while managing the team in the late 1980s, doesn't understand why the rules, unless changed, won't allow him to ever appear on the annual ballot of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Hell he admitted that when he was investigated. The commish had the betting slips as evidence. Rose cut a deal to keep from being prosecuted, and now he wants to renege on it. Great hitter, POS person.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

What's the big deal about getting in? You get a hat or something?

The guy gambled and is unapologetic. Even so, that doesn't take away from his abilities as a player. He was great in the same way that Jim Thorpe was great. They took his olympic medals because he earned some money over a summer playing baseball. He died and the medals were returned. Probably the same will happen with Pete Rose. In 2055, all these old farts will be up on stage teary-eyed saying Rose should have been inducted back in 2005, but better late than ever.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

But he and his teammates will always know that the 1975 World Series was the greatest ever.

Game 6. Greatest game ever played.

[dfwgator]

People forget how close the Black Sox scandal came to destroying Major League Baseball. Baseball is the easiest game to fix. You can't have people questioning the credibility of the game.

[DustyMoment]

Bud Selig is and always has been an idiot.

Rose, regardless of the whole gambling business, is a fan favorite.

The message that Selig and the MLB is sending is that drug use/abuse, alcoholism, violence, and criminal records are perfectly okay for HofF selectees. But don't gamble - it's BAD!!

Complete and utter nonsense.

[thoughtomator]

The gambling has nothing to do with his performance as a player (unlike Shoeless Joe Jackson) - it was way after the fact. If he doesn't get in the HoF it will just further cheapen the meaning of the HoF and of baseball in general. Nobody got more hits than Pete Rose, ever - if that isn't HoF material then what is?

[badgerlandjim]

Let Pete start his own Hall of Fame. He can set the starting gate at 4,000 hits to make it REAL exclusive.