Word on the street is that MLB Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig is considering lifting the lifetime ban from baseball on Pete Rose.
According to a report in the New York Daily News, Bud Selig is "seriously considering" reinstatement for one Peter Edward Rose. This decision comes almost 20 years after the all-time hit king was banned from baseball for betting on the sport.
The report goes on to mention Hank Aaron, who has been vocally supportive of Rose, as a good indicator of Selig's decision to reinstate Rose. Aaron reiterated his feelings for Rose's reinstatement at this past weekend's Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Personally I feel that Rose should have already been in the Hall of Fame and if Bud Selig weren't so stupid he would have fixed this problem years ago along with all the other problems that are plaguing Major League Baseball.
It doesn't make any sense that the man who had more hits than anyone else in the game, by a wide margin, is not in the Hall. Would the all-time points leader in the NBA or the leading rusher in the NFL not be in their respective Halls of Fame?
It has been almost 20 years and nothing has changed except the fact that Rose now at least actually admits to gambling on baseball and his own teams. That's a start and it's good enough for me. Let the man in the Hall of Fame, Bud.
For years, I thought Pete Rose should be never be eligible for the Hall of Fame. We know now that sooner or later known steroid users will become enshrined, so why not Pete, one of the greatest players in baseball history ?
ReplyDeleteThis guy had an addiction. No not alcohol, and no not sex, and no not drugs, but gambling. Lying about the problem follows all of the addictions as is evident in Pete,s case. He finally owned up to his " illness " and it is time to put him in the HALL where there are many players who had their own demons, yet no where near the accomplishments of Rose. Finally, a whole generation of young kids such as myself followed Rose's style of running to first base after being walked and hustling on every play/ Let him in-he belongs
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