Pete Rose belongs in MLB's HOF

[Kevin Greene]

 

 

 

 

 

On Monday, Rob Manfred, the new commissioner of Major League Baseball, got a chance to extricate his sport from a deepening moral quandary. Pete Rose, the disgraced onetime star of the Cincinnati Reds, petitioned Mr. Manfred’s office to be reinstated in the sport from which he was barred in 1989 for gambling.

Mr. Rose, 73, was the most dynamic player of the last half-century and, after that, a first-rate manager. He played more games (3,562) and got more hits (4,256) than anyone else ever.

Standing 5’11”, he owed his success to force of character, not athletic gifts. He was loyal (he is a Cincinnati native, and the Reds’ mascot is tattooed on his biceps), tough (never on the disabled list until he was well into his 40s), versatile (17 All-Star games at five different positions) and, above all, determined. Everyone called him “Charlie Hustle.” He was the only player of his era to slide headfirst and to sprint to first base on walks. Baseball’s moral pariah is, in certain respects, a moral paragon.

 

 

Charlie Hustle needs to be in the Hall.

Make MLB whole again Mr. Commissioner.

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/its-time-for-baseball-to-forgive-pete-rose-1426870646

[cbarrier90]

Just the fact that Manfred is actually going to consider this is great progress, but it's a shame that MLB waited way too long to replace Selig which leaves him with an uphill climb to bring baseball back to say the least. Kudos to him for addressing the issues immediately, unlike Bud who simply wanted to pretend issues didn't exist.

[cookinwithgas]

What are the odds he gets in?

 

 

 

HAHAHA

[2jakefansinva]

all this while McGuire coaches a ML team and ARod is still allowed to play.

 

 

Joke!

[Kevin Greene]

Anyone who watched Pete play knows he belongs in the Hall.

Always an opponent to my Dodgers, few players I respected more.

[Kevin Greene]

 

 

Pete Rose remains banned from baseball, but he has been given the equivalent of a weekend furlough from the penitentiary: Commissioner Rob Manfred said today that Rose will be allowed to participate in activities surrounding this summer’s All-Star Game in Cincinnati.

Rose, a Reds legend, native and resident of Cincinnati, remains immensely popular in Cincinnati and his inclusion in activities around the All-Star Game seemed inevitable. Indeed, many suspect that Rose will soon be reinstated by Commissioner Manfred, who recently agreed to consider Rose’s appeals anew. Rose was also recently hired for a commentator’s position at Fox Sports, which is a rights holder for Major League Baseball broadcasts. The league reportedly was consulted on the Fox hire, though Manfred has denied that Major League Baseball had any “input” in the decision.

 

Closer

 

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/23/pete-rose-will-be-allowed-to-participate-in-all-star-game-festivities/

[PandaPancake]

No one has posted the Pete Rose commercial of him not being allowed in the hall? I boo you Huddlers.

Anyone who has a bookie knows they keep good records. He only bet on himself to win.

[Goondal]

all this while McGuire coaches a ML team and ARod is still allowed to play.

Joke!

I am in favor of him being in the HOF but those are two different situations

[Kevin Greene]

No one has posted the Pete Rose commercial of him not being allowed in the hall? I boo you Huddlers.

Anyone who has a bookie knows they keep good records. He only bet on himself to win.