Posted on 02/27/2020 4:29:07 AM PST by Kaslin
Hanging around long enough to compile 4,200+ hits doesn’t make anyone the greatest hitter of all time.
If I were him I would have a statement read after my death that I loved the game and never meant to cause any harm to it. However the MLB has forgiven drug dealers, abusers, felonious criminal behavior, assaults by players on people and their significant others, some more than once, but in life they could not forgive me, asking would have made no difference. That being said I do not expect or want MLB to behave any different after I have passed. Keep your ban in place MLB, I’ll let my record speak for itself.
Would you be open to the idea of a sinners wing of the Hall?
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That would be in the Hell of Fame
No. Pete Rose is a disgrace and is totally unrepentant about what he did. No Hall of Fame for him.
BEST average is”Batting Title”. More to batting than just hitting. There are walks, OBP,....... Pete has more HITS than any of the Tens of Thousands of other baseball players that ever played the game. He earned that. It is a fact. I don’t really care about your opinion. Opinion are not facts. Give me the name of a player that has more hits. I guess based on your opinion Ty Cobb sucks too.
1980, 9th inning World Series. Pop up behind the plate Boone has it but it pops out of his glove, Rose is next to him, and snags it in his glove. One out, McGraw shuts down the next two batters, Phillies win the Series.
How about, no.
No. Life means life.
Maybe he can get into the HOF posthumously. That's a grayer area.
He didn’t need to bet against the Reds to give himself an advantage. If you’re the manager and you’re betting on your team to win on some days and other days you’re not, it’s certainly going to influence your managerial decisions in how you use the resources available to you. Especially when you’re a degenerate gambler and an all-round asshole generally.
Why apologize at this point? It means no more here than it does with the left. Rose only needs to be right with God because he will not be forgiven on earth. If gambling and betting on his team is the worst thing he’s done God help the rest of the professional sports players in any sport if you’re damning him to hell for betting. MLB is mad because he refuses to grovel is what this boils down to. He’s proud and MLB wants a snot slinging cry fest and I say they will haughtily say not good enough, both are stubborn. Let the MLB have their eternal ban and let Rose have his hits record.
Tris Speaker and Walter Johnson are requesting recognition.
Can’t argue he is an ass. Also was addicted to gambling. But the crime was as a manager. Not a player. He should be inducted as a player. Not what he did after. Pretty sure OJ is still in the HOF in Canton. So is Ray Lewis.
Nope. Banned for life. That’s the rule. I think they should have a display ready, put it up the day of his funeral. No fanfare. He demonstrably still doesn’t get it.
If you believe that. Remember Pete’s story has changed. At first it was flat denial. Then yes he bet on sports but never baseball. Then yes baseball but never games involving his team. Now he’s settled on yes his team but only to win. Do you really think it’s 3 lies and 1 truth? I he’s 4-0. But in the end it doesn’t matter, lifetime ban. Period.
I believe there was movement to let Rose into the HOF a few years ago that got scuttled when the story of Rose and the underage girl surfaced.
I don’t. There’s scuttlebutt frequently, but it generally comes out of his camp. Selig was pretty open about having simply no time for Rose and no interest in reinstating him.
The four players you mentioned were SUSPECTED of using, but never convicted or punished.
What about Manny Ramirez, who was suspended for PED use and still got 100+ votes in 2020? And, come 2022, will Alex Rodriguez, who was sat down for more than a season, be allowed on the ballot? More importantly, will he be elected to the Hall of Fame?
I'd say that PED users, convicted and otherwise, have been given a pass.
I lived there when this happened. They printed the bookie log sheets in the paper. Zero evidence he bet against the Reds. They never claimed he did.
Obviously you did not understand my point. No need to try explaining it better, you will never catch on. Have a good day.
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