[stevecmd]

How can they call it a hall of fame if the greatest player ever keeps getting passed over? I’m talking about Pete Rose, since Ty Cobb is already in.

Pete Rose broke a rule agreed upon by the union in collective bargaining. No fraternization with gamblers!

Case closed.

[Dixie Yooper]

It's the age of Obama. Pete Rose should be forgiven so kids can have a white, American, English speaking, record holding baseball player they can appreciate.

[csmusaret]

If Bart Giamatti had not died I believe he would have reinstated Rose. I think a life sentence was too extreme.

[Ditto]

Pete Rose broke a rule agreed upon by the union in collective bargaining. No fraternization with gamblers!

More than that. He broke the one and only rule which is posted on every single clubhouse wall and has been since long before there was a union or collective bargining.

“Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.”