NO NO NO to Pete Rose in the HOF
1. He bet on baseball and specifically on his team
2. On Aug. 24, 1989, Rose officially signed an agreement with Giamatti declaring him permanently ineligible from baseball. In exchange, there was no formal declaration made whether Rose bet on baseball.
3. Longtime teammate Johnny Bench says, “He should not be in the HOF.”
He is a great great player!
And, there is nothing he did to taint his record as a player, unlike those that used steroids.
I didn't object to banning from employment in baseball because he couldn't be trusted not to gamble.
Bench should have kept his mouth shut.Great catcher but NOBODY put as much effort as Pete.
Pete Rose WAS Cincinnati baseball.
And the various HOFs all play politics be it music or sports.
What I heard was Pete always bet on the Reds to win.
Saw him in person once at the store where I worked in the 70s.Acted like an ordinary customer.
“NO NO NO to Pete Rose in the HOF”
I’ve always felt the Baseball HOF should have an annex (maybe call it “The Out House”) for unquestionably exceptional players whose careers were tainted by significant indiscretions. Besides Rose, players like Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Sammy Sosa and a number of the other ‘performance-enhanced’ ball players could be included there.