here you go dendenDenbrought said:Well, it's someone's problem... Who is Pete Rose?
wana10 said:here you go dendenDenbrought said:Well, it's someone's problem... Who is Pete Rose?
blotsfan said:Pete Rose was one of the best baseball players of all time, but after he retired he went into managing and bet on the games (though only on his own team). When people were starting to find out, he accepted a lifetime ban from baseball in order to get MLB to stop investigating. He denied it for years, but recently admitted it was true. Because he is banned for life from baseball, he is not allowed to get into the Hall of Fame, which is a source of controversy. Personally, I think he should be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame because he wasn't going to be a hall of famer as a manager, where he bet on games, but as a player.
I'm with you on this. Other sports figures have done worse and not got half the punishment Pete got. Of course, he was a huge dick about it and pissed off enough of the right people that he's pretty much guarenteed his lifetime ban. You know they'll lift it after he's dead which is a shame because he'll never see it.Tinwhistler said:blotsfan said:Pete Rose was one of the best baseball players of all time, but after he retired he went into managing and bet on the games (though only on his own team). When people were starting to find out, he accepted a lifetime ban from baseball in order to get MLB to stop investigating. He denied it for years, but recently admitted it was true. Because he is banned for life from baseball, he is not allowed to get into the Hall of Fame, which is a source of controversy. Personally, I think he should be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame because he wasn't going to be a hall of famer as a manager, where he bet on games, but as a player.
I agree with pretty much all of this. He agreed with the ban, but what he agreed to allowed him to apply for re-admission after one year.
Even all but the most egregious crimes have a statute of limitations. It's been 20 years. Let it go already. It's not like he threw games to win bets.
It's been 90 years for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Him first.Tinwhistler said:blotsfan said:Pete Rose was one of the best baseball players of all time, but after he retired he went into managing and bet on the games (though only on his own team). When people were starting to find out, he accepted a lifetime ban from baseball in order to get MLB to stop investigating. He denied it for years, but recently admitted it was true. Because he is banned for life from baseball, he is not allowed to get into the Hall of Fame, which is a source of controversy. Personally, I think he should be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame because he wasn't going to be a hall of famer as a manager, where he bet on games, but as a player.
I agree with pretty much all of this. He agreed with the ban, but what he agreed to allowed him to apply for re-admission after one year.
Even all but the most egregious crimes have a statute of limitations. It's been 20 years. Let it go already. It's not like he threw games to win bets.
Sounds good to me. Both should be in the Hall.DarkAudit said:It's been 90 years for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Him first.Tinwhistler said:blotsfan said:Pete Rose was one of the best baseball players of all time, but after he retired he went into managing and bet on the games (though only on his own team). When people were starting to find out, he accepted a lifetime ban from baseball in order to get MLB to stop investigating. He denied it for years, but recently admitted it was true. Because he is banned for life from baseball, he is not allowed to get into the Hall of Fame, which is a source of controversy. Personally, I think he should be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame because he wasn't going to be a hall of famer as a manager, where he bet on games, but as a player.
I agree with pretty much all of this. He agreed with the ban, but what he agreed to allowed him to apply for re-admission after one year.
Even all but the most egregious crimes have a statute of limitations. It's been 20 years. Let it go already. It's not like he threw games to win bets.
The only reason to have Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame.Pete Rose 4,256 May 5, 1978 1963-78, 84-86 Cincinnati; 79-83 Philadelphia (NL), 84 Montréal
Ty Cobb 4,1911 August 19, 1921 1905-26 Detroit; 27-28 Philadelphia (AL)
This.Armadillo said:And goddammit, PUT BERT BLYLEVEN IN THE FUCKING HALL!!!
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Agreed with both. Let the ban on Rose stand but it's always bothered me that he can't get into the Hall, for exactly the reason that blotsfan mentioned.Armadillo said:He's the all-time hits leader, and deserves to be in the Hall. Put the fact that he was banned for betting on his plaque or whatever makes them feel better about it.
And yes, Shoeless Joe deserves to be there if it can be proven he didn't conspire to throw the Series.
I believe most of the players who were involved in the fix later admitted that they only said Shoeless Joe was involved because they wanted to make their story sound better.ZenMonkey said:As for Joe, has there been any research or anything lately to try and exonerate him? Not saying I believe he was involved one way or the other but since there's so much doubt and he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, it would seem to behoove someone to open up that can of worms again.