Should Pete Rose be reinstated?

[Gehrig]

I'm just wondering how members from SJ feel in general about reinstating Pete Rose to the eligible list for the Hall of Fame.

Should Pete be forgiven for betting on baseball games?

 

[Moderator1]

no

 

[Boom_70]

Anyone who has given a thorough read of The Dowd report would have to say no.

I do not see how time can change his indiscretions.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I see both sides of this one...

On the one hand, he bet on baseball and lied about it for 15 years or so. That should keep him out.

On the other hand, I don't think I've ever seen a player play the game harder. Growing up, he was the guy who parents and coaches pointed to and said, "Play the game like he does..."

So, I don't know...

 

[MileHigh]

Hell no.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

No.

But I could be persuaded to change to hell no.

 

[heyabbott]

Change the rules.
Banned from Baseball for Gambling should be on his Hall of Fame Plaque.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

He called into question the legitimacy of every game he was involved with once he started betting. Screw that. Hell no.

 

[Gehrig]

There is no going back for Rose. He made a shining example of himself and that's where he should remain. What a disgrace for a manager to decide whether to bet or not to bet on his own team. All this was made blantantly clear when Kenesaw Mountain Landis took office.

 

[bigpern23]

No.

 

[heyabbott]

He called into question the legitimacy of every game he was involved with once he started betting. Screw that. Hell no.

But dogged teams of investigative journalists have scoured each and every game and can find no evidence that Rose rendered any outcome illegitimate. [/nolinkavailable]

 

[Chef2]

Yes. *

 

[dmc]

no

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Get in line behind Joe Jackson.

 

[User 11148]

Get in line behind Joe Jackson.

And Buck Weaver.

 

[HanSenSE]

If he wants in, make him buy a ticket.

 

[SixToe]

Hell no, forever.

 

[playthrough]

Remember when this was a sure-fire way to fill a slow day on sports-talk radio? Now, meh. Pete's next significant step, frankly, is death. His life now is just autograph signing and whining -- and I'm as a big a Pete fan (on the field) as there is.

 

[Ace]

I would not be opposed to Pete being elected to the Hall of Fame after he dies. It's a lifetime ban after all.

 

[cranberry]

For HOF, yes, back on the field, no.