Baseball Prospectus is reporting that an agreement has been made that will lift Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball. If this is true, it is another in a series of horrible decisions by Bud Selig. I ranted a little about this when it was rumored earlier.
UPDATE: Major League Baseball has refuted the story. Official Press Release.
When Pete Rose agreed to the lifetime ban on baseball it said he could apply for reinstatement. This doesn’t mean he should be. If he is reinstated it will be a political move for Selig. Many people who want Rose reinstated are tricked into looking at Rose’s statistics, which are very good, but they don’t realize that he broke one of baseball’s cardinal sins. He even admitted to it which explains further why he should still be banned from the game. Its also funny that those wanting Rose back in the game point to his stats, as if him being an exemplary player should allow him to be above the law and be reinstated. If Rose’s ban is reversed then what about the eight Chichago “Black Sox” players of 1919? What would happen if they too were allowed to be voted for in the Hall of Fame? If baseball reverses its ruling on Pete Rose, then future affenders in anything from steriods to gambling will want the same forgiveness. Once Pete Rose is in the Hall, if it happens, Selig or any other future commisioner will not be able to take him out. This is something to consider as well.
Pete Rose’s story reads like karma, a man
who broke the rules and was ultimately
broken by them.
The Hall of Fame is all about statistics and athletic performance. Babe Ruth was a drunk. Mickey Mantle was a drunk. They were not the role models that one expects from pro athletes. They were however two of the greatest baseball players ever. So also is Pete Rose, Charlie Hussle. No one can ever forger the tenacity at which he attacked the game. Either crashing into a catcher at the plate or diving into third base, he made baseball more exciting. Not to mention his base hit record that still stands. Cooperstown needs to recognize his accomplishments. His memorabilia can be there, but not him?
when the rest of you are perfect, you can condemn pete. until then, criticize yourselves for your own mistakes.
how many others were banned for life and reinstated, again and again for more serious offenses?
Pete Rose made every player tha took the field with him play harder. He played so hard every day hat they would have been ashamed no to play hard. Joe Morgan was a GOOD player for the Astros. After being traded to he Reds and playing every day with Pete the argument can be made that he is among the bes second basemen of all time. Just ONE example.
Until Rose is in the HOF I would not pay a quarter to see it….hell I wouldn’t waste my time if it were free!
By all means Pete should be reinstated and also named into the Hall Of Fame. When you compare his betting and gambling to what OJ was tried for. What Vick was tried for, found guilty. served 18 months and today was given the okay to be able to resume play with the NFL, and of yeah OJ is now in prison for theft and is still in the Hall of Fame. There shouldn’t be any question to the great red machine being reinstated. So sad that it took so long the the baseball commissoner to finally come to his senses. He along with Johnny Bench and Dave Concepcion were just the all around best!
dont let the scumbag back . but then why not they let other scum back into the enviorment after they kill or mane someone right !!!!!!!!!
Any argument against the re-instatement of Pete Rose for the purpose of inducting him into the HOF on moral grounds is patently absurd. He admitted his mistakes, he “paid his debt to society” with a jail term and never did anything to alter the outcome of any game in which he participated as either a player or manager. He gave his all to the game every time he took the field. That kind of commitment is all too rare, especially in the current ‘show me the money’ era of pro athletes. Finally, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
hey you know what i am not a base ball fan.yet i do know about pete rose and the story.i would just like to say he belongs in the hall of fame(the only thing pete did was get got lol)how many others get away with it lots i bet.at least pete is the real deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S ABOUT TIME
Wow dude with that kind of rationale lets see who gets REMOVED fro mthe HOF
Hank Aaron…amphetemine junkie
Babe Ruth…Alcoholic and well known cocaine addict
Mickey Mantle””
Ty Cobb””
Joe DiMaggio””
Ted Williams””
Pie Traynor
Houus Wagner
Lou Gehrig
Yogi Berra
Ernie Banks
Wade Boggs
Johnny Bench
George Brett
Sandy Koufax
Rod CArew
Gary Carter
Roberto Clemente
Steve Carlton
Dennis Eckersley
al for alcoholism ampehetamine and illgeal painkiller use.
The botom line is Pete Rose was better than ALL of these guys ON the field and that is all that matters.
Lou Brock
Gamble on baseball = banned for life. This isn’t a gray area folks. Just ask Shoeless Joe…
i inderstand the comparison to ‘shoeless’ joe and the others, but there is one distinction that most overlook…..
Chicago – bet and threw games
pete – bet to WIN
Don’t let him coach or be involved with teams, but recognize that he is the ‘hit king’ and give him his due.
no man is perfect…therefore no one has the real authority to judge