[Dr. Franklin]

The Pete Rose case is fundamentally distinct from discussions about gambling on sports by the general public.

Pete Rose accomplishments on the field as a player were made through determination and effort. Those accomplishments, the all time hit leader, among others, entitle him to recognition in the Hall of Fame. That is a separate and distinct issue from banning him from working for a baseball team after his playing days were over. People who confuse the two issues have a superiority problem and are judging others unkindly.

[Dilbert San Diego]

And the people making that judgement are the people who run major league baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred is the key person. He or his successors would have to lift the ban on Pete Rose,.posthumously, for Pete to ever be considered for the Hall of Fame.

[Alberta's Child]

Pete Rose might be in the Hall of Fame today if he had simply come clean back in the 1980s when his scandal first came to light. I'm convinced his permanent suspension had less to do with his initial transgressions than with his continuous lying about it -- even to the point where he was denying that he bet on ANY baseball games during his sentencing in federal court for tax evasion in 1990.

I suspect MLB is also punishing him for committing the cardinal sin (in the MLB world) of using the court system to successfully (temporarily) block commissioner Bart Giamatti from even conducting his initial investigation in the gambling scandal.