The rule is Bull Crap especially since he wasn’t accused of gambling while he played.....he earned his HOF during his playing career.
Mickey Mantle was banned from baseball during a period that he was a greeter at Atlantic city. George Steinbrenner had dealings with gamblers and was banned for a few years.
Rose’s accomplishments had nothing to do with gambling.....ban him from the Hall as a manager....but not as a players
“The rule is Bull Crap especially since he wasn’t accused of gambling while he played.....he earned his HOF during his playing career.”
The rule applied to managers, too. A lifetime ban from baseball is pretty specific, doesn’t warn just the players.
The citation at my previous post certainly opens the door, didn’t know that before.
I’m figuring if they let Pete Rose in, they have to let Shoeless Joe in, and all the ‘Roiders, too.
But I don’t believe Rose deserves it. He knew the rule and admitted everything in the Dowd Report to be true.
I’m not going to lose sleep or argue about it, though.
“I bet on my team every night. I didn’t bet on my team four nights a week. I was wrong,” Rose said.
EVERY NIGHT. Are you kidding me. You think that’s alright. So you believe the rules should not apply to everyone. The best players, the superstars do not have to obey those silly rules like gambling on games. Only the journey men stiffs have to respect the rules.
When the Scum bag White Sox (Oh BTW I’m a Cubs fan) threw the 1919 World Series they destroyed baseballs credibility for years. The then Commissioner of Baseball Judge Mountain Landis banned almost every Sox player in that series. Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned for life. Even though Jackson refused to take any money and had an outstanding series himself. He knew about it and said nothing. He is still banned from baseball.