Lots of controversy on both sides.
Personally I am on Pete’s side for the Hall of Fame. He did what he did, there is no denying it., and he did it drug free as far as we know.
As for denigrating the game , no one can denigrate it any worse than those cheating and drug enhancing their records.
In the last ten years we have no idea who set a real record, and who didn’t.
Yeh I have always felt bad for Pete and hoped they would relent. He does belong in the Hall of Fame. But as I said betting on baseball has just always been taboo. For some reason there is just zero tolerance. I personally think its a really bad thing for an athlete to do.
Yep, we all should remember it is JUST A GAME. A boys game that is played by grown ups that get paid a lot of money.
It does not move heaven and earth by who wins and loses but a lot of people that have enshrined it and made it seem so.
Rose has paid enough of a price and he should be in the HOF from his PLAY on the field. I loved to watch him play but I could not stand him with his goofy haircut.
No known drug players records should stand, even the lord Barrys HR record. However, we all know it will stand because we would be known as racists.