Pete Rose

[Thumper]

Do you think he should be eligable for the Hall of Fame? I don't want to get into the, "Well Giambi juiced" or the Bonds stuff. Focus on what Rose did. He bet on games as a manager, which in the rules, is not permitted. But, do you think he should still be allowed into the Hall of Fame?

 

I think he should, but as a player. If memory serves me correctly, either players can make bets, or he wasn't betting at the time he was a player.

 

But Pete Rose his Hall of Fame material. He deserves to be in Cooperstown with the best of 'em.

[CrespoBlows]

(a) MISCONDUCT IN PLAYING BASEBALL. Any player or person connected with a

club who shall promise or agree to lose, or to attempt to lose, or to fail

to give his best efforts towards the winning of any baseball game with

which he is or may be in any way concerned; or who shall intentionally

fail to give his best efforts towards the winning of any such baseball

game, or who shall solicit or attempt to induce any player or person

connected with a club to lose, or attempt to lose, or to fail to give his

best efforts towards the winning of any baseball game with which such

other player or person is or may be in any way connected; or who, being

solicited by any person, shall fail to inform his Major League President

and the Commissioner.

 

( GIFT FOR DEFEATING COMPETING CLUB. Any player or person connected

with a club who shall offer or give any gift or reward to a player or

person connected with another club for services rendered or supposed to

be or to have been rendered in defeating or attempting to defeat a

competing club, and any player or person connected with a club who

shall solicit or accept from a player connected with another club any

gifts or reward for any such services rendered, or supposed to have

been rendered, or who having been offered any such gift or reward,

shall fail to inform his League President or the Commissioner

immediately of such offer, and of all facts and circumstances therewith,

shall be declared ineligible for not less than three (3) years.

 

© GIFTS TO UMPIRES Any player or person connected with a club, who

shall give, or offer to give, any gift or reward to an umpire for services

rendered, or supposed to be or to have been rendered, in defeating or

attempting to defeat a competing club, or for the umpire's decision on

anything connected with the playing of a baseball game; and any umpire

who shall render, or promise or agree to render, any such decision

otherwise than on its merits, or who shall solicit or accept such gifts

or reward, or having been solicited to render any such decision

otherwise than on its merits, shall fail to inform the League President

or the Commissioner immediately of such offer or solicitation, and all

facts and circumstances therewith, shall be declared permanently ineligible.

 

(d) BETTING ON BALL GAMES. Any player, umpire, or club official or

employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in

connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform shall be declared

ineligible for one year.

 

Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall

bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which

the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.

 

(e) VIOLENCE OR MISCONDUCT IN INTERLEAGUE GAMES. In case of any physical

attack or other violence upon an umpire by a player, or by an umpire upon

a player, or of other misconduct by an umpire or a player, during or in

connection with any interleague Major League game or any exhibition game

of a Major League Club with a club or team not a member of the same league,

the Commissioner shall impose upon the offender or offenders such fine,

suspension, ineligibility or other penalty, as the facts may warrant in

the judgement of the Commissioner.

 

(f) OTHER MISCONDUCT. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as

exclusively defining or otherwise limiting acts, transactions, practices

or conduct not to be in the best interests of Baseball; and any and all

other acts, transactions, practices or conduct not to be in the best

interests of Baseball are prohibited and shall be subject to such

penalties, including permanent ineligibility, as the facts in the

particular case may warrant.

 

(g) RULE TO BE KEPT POSTED. A printed copy of this Rule shall be kept

posted in each clubhouse.

 

He knowingly broke those rules. He should not be allowed into the Hall of Fame.

[Thumper]

He knowingly broke those rules. He should not be allowed into the Hall of Fame.

 

 

Well, if it's in the rules...

[Gibsons 67 World Series]

He broke the rules and that would technically be enough to oust the guy. But it seems that Selig and MLB were ready to make concessions with him and grant him a pseudo-amnesty if he admitted wrongdoing. If anyone deserves a second chance, it's Pete Rose right?

 

What does the guy do? Plays coy and uses the situation as leverage to promote his new book.

 

Screw that guy. I think it's obvious that he doesn't care if he makes the Hall. Why should anyone else?