[Jumper]

The Hall of Fame is for champions. Pete Rose was a champion. No one will ever break some Pete's Records. At one time or another, Pete held 73 Major Leauge Baseball Records. He had an addiction and those in Baseball who keep him out are only hurting the history of the game. Heck, even the Blacksox have their place in the history of the game and Pete's transgressions never had one thing to do with "throwing" a game.

[Redwood71]

"He had an addiction"

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No he didn't. He flatly, and defiantly, said so. If he had admitted to an addiction, he might have had a gentler case against him by baseball. Look at the drug users using recreational drugs that were rehabed and brought back into the game. (Some more thjan once) If you read the Dowd Report, it will say he disavowed gambling on baseball, and has stayed with that statement all along. But the report displays numerous places where he did. The ball was in his court, and he decided to wait out the system.