4,000 hits in the pre-steroid era. That should merit at least induction of one of his bats into the HoF, if not the man himself.
There is Rose gear in the adjoining HOF museum; he is denied admission to the hall of fame.
There is even gear of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the museum.
Gwjack
They can put Charlie Hustle into the HoF after he croaks.
A lifetime ban, means what is says.
I don’t expect Rose to repent, and get all weepy. I doubt that Rose, even if he bet against his team, he didn’t give it everything he could to win.
That shouldn’t excuse what he did. Let him pay is debt to baseball in full.