Pete Rose is just too cool.

[Guitarman]

Pete Rose on Bill Mahr right now. He's so cool. Let him into the hall of fame.

[guitarist]

Michael Jackson is really cool, too. I hope he wins a Grammy.

[sscutchen]

"I have no problem with Pete being on the team. I have a problem with the gambling part and putting him in the Hall of Fame. That's the worst thing you can do. It undermines the whole integrity of the game. "-- Brooks Robinson

[SteveO]

I lived in the 'Nati for a good seven years in the '90s. Rose was a fairly big celebrity there, as might be expected...even with the "scandal." Thing is, if he bet AGAINST his team, yeah, I'd have a big problem with his going into the Hall of Fame. But he didn't. So what? The man had a gambling problem, big f'ing deal. Did he not try to make amends? How many others do? How many others drink or drank too much, or did drugs or beat people or whatever, unabashedly, and they're in the Hall?

MLB uses Rose as an ever-so-convenient cover to hide their own skeletons. And they ought to be ashamed of themselves.

I agree. Give the man his due. He did more for baseball than probably half the players in the Hall of Fame.

[sscutchen]

Here's a couple of hypotheticals...

He's managing the team and betting that they will win THAT game. How does he manage his pitching staff? For today. Screw tomorrow.

He gets behind to his bookie. Bookie says, "OK. Here's how you can get square..."

Remember... he's not laying bets at the window in Vegas. He's betting with a bookie. If a bookie's got a guy on the inside, he WILL find a way to use him.

There is just no way that you can allow it at all. Ever. It is toxic poison. The game becomes WWF, or whatever wrestling called now. A soap opera rather than sport.

[hal]

If the hall of fame is where all of the best players reside - put him in there. If it's some kinda 'great men of baseball' say so and start removing other scumbags that got in over the years.

DEFINE HOF

[Jimmypoo]

hall of fame

- place everyone is so quick to keep barry bonds out of.

[(vikm)]

sscutchen Wrote:
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> Here's a couple of hypotheticals...
>
> He's managing the team and betting that they will
> win THAT game. How does he manage his pitching
> staff? For today. Screw tomorrow.
>
> He gets behind to his bookie. Bookie says, "OK.
> Here's how you can get square..."
>
> Remember... he's not laying bets at the window in
> Vegas. He's betting with a bookie. If a bookie's
> got a guy on the inside, he WILL find a way to use
> him.
>
> There is just no way that you can allow it at all.
> Ever. It is toxic poison. The game becomes WWF,
> or whatever wrestling called now. A soap opera
> rather than sport.
>
>


This is exactly why they have the rule. He knew that it was the biggest no-no in the game. He thought he was above the rule. This is exactly why he should never be allowed in. He is a smug, bitter man and only finds fault in others. And to lie over and over again about something that people knew he was lying about only makes him a pretty stupid individual as well.

I would however love to see Petey and Barry on some kind of reality show where they had to share about a 100 sq. ft. studio apartment. Just the two of them. By episode three I think we'd be watching the coroners report being read for one of them.

[Bimwad]

Coming soon...the Baseball Hall of Infamy.

Our motto: The Hall with No Hangups.

Please welcome the our first class to be inducted: Pete Rose, Mark McGwire, Ken Caminiti, Jose Canseco.

Future members: Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds.

[sscutchen]

It's actually the Natonal Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Pete and his accomplishments are welcome in the museum.

But the Hall is for honoring, by enshrinement, those that have honored baseball through their record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which they played.

It is not the National Baseball Hall of Best Players. They are welcome in the Museum. It is the National Baseball Hall of Fame.