[BuckeyeTexan]

Lying about gambling doesn’t change his stats. He earned them. They deserve to be recognized.

[Leo Farnsworth]

“I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinski.”

He should NOT have been impeached! His stats were SOOO very good. He should be in the Hall of Fame - right?

Wrong.

Pete Rose is really a criminal - I am against rewarding him after he was banned for life from baseball.

Screw him - MAKE HIM AN EXAMPLE!

[discostu]

He was gambling while still a player, breaking a rule that’s posted in every dugout, probably within his sight while he was calling his bookie during games. Screw his stats, he broke the one rule that has a lifetime ban, and broke it every single day for at least 2 years. Pet Rose doesn’t deserve to get to visit the Hall as a tourist, much less get enshrined.

[righttackle44]

I do recognize them. I explain them to my sons and daughter like this. “These are the stats of a man who broke the rule against gambling on baseball. And he doesn’t deserve to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.”

[latina4dubya]

Lying about gambling doesn’t change his stats. He earned them. They deserve to be recognized.

this is why honor is a dying virtue in modern-day society... as my husband and i raise our boys, this is the tide we swim against...

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Lying about gambling doesn’t change his stats. He earned them. They deserve to be recognized."

They are recognized in the hall. I believe that his bat that broke the record is in the hall. I'm sure other articles of his are in there referring to his accomplishments. What is a little ironic is that the player who formerly held the record (Ty Cobb) was a despicable psycho of a man. There is strong evidence that he committed murder. Yet, he's in the hall. Why? Because he didn't break the one rule that keeps you out of the hall, gambling.

If they want to make an exception for Pete Rose, then they need to make an exception for Joe Jackson and Eddie Cicotte. Jackson would have certainly been in the hall and Cicotte would have most likely made it if given a chance to continue playing. He was already a fringe HOF'er when he was banned.