Report: Selig considering lifting Rose's lifetime ban from baseball

[Looch Ness Monster]

MLB commissioner Bud Selig appears to be "seriously considering" reinstatement for Pete Rose nearly 20 years after the hit king was banned from baseball for gambling on the sport, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

 

Report: Bug Selig said to reconsidering Pete Rose's status for reinstatement - ESPN

[suns]

I doubt he could still play.

[Looch Ness Monster]

I doubt he could still play.

 

Hall of Fame

[suns]

Hall of Fame

 

I would really want to see him in there.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

I personally don't really care about this, but this kind of move would really take the teeth out of future sanctions/bans. For that reason, I think the ban should be upheld.

[BoSox21]

I never saw betting on other teams to be on the same level as PED use so if those guys are allowed to be on the ballot, then so should Rose IMO

[VA Sox Fan]

If he had shown some remorse sooner after he was caught, he'd already be in IMO.

 

He definitely belongs in the HOF.

[VA Sox Fan]

I doubt he could still play.

 

 

Please tell me you were joking.

[The_Destroyah]

I doubt he could still play.

 

lol you cant be serious?

 

I think Rose has paid for his crime, even if he refuses to admit he ever did it, if Sosa, Bonds, and McGuire can be even considered then Rose deserves to as well...

[Looch Ness Monster]

I never saw betting on other teams to be on the same level as PED use so if those guys are allowed to be on the ballot' date=' then so should Rose IMO[/quote']

 

He actually bet on his own team, which is a common misconception. It just was written so loosely in the rulebook.

[suns]

Please tell me you were joking.

 

I was.

[The_Destroyah]

I personally don't really care about this' date=' but this kind of move would really take the teeth out of future sanctions/bans. For that reason, I think the ban should be upheld.[/quote']

 

I think that it set a good example, if say, Pujols was thinking of breaking that or a rule of similar seriousness it would definitely make him think twice if he knew he would be immediatly kicked out and go throughwhat Rose is he'd definitely think twice...

[VA Sox Fan]

I was.

 

Good!

[Dipre]

I think that it set a good example' date=' if say, Pujols was thinking of breaking that or a rule of similar seriousness it would definitely make him think twice if he knew he would be immediatly kicked out and go throughwhat Rose is he'd definitely think twice...[/quote']

 

Wut?

 

If they're gonna cheat, they're gonna cheat, lifting the ban on Rose won't help, it'll further encourage cheating seeing how the rules are so flexible.

[Spudboy]

lol you cant be serious?

 

I think Rose has paid for his crime, even if he refuses to admit he ever did it, if Sosa, Bonds, and McGuire can be even considered then Rose deserves to as well...

 

I'm on the fence here. Rose was involved with betting on games that he was participating in either as a player or a manager. This happenned (I believe) while baseball had a clearly difined policy prohibiting such activities. Bond, Sosa, McGuire, and others, juiced at a time when a policy was either loosly defined or non-existant.

 

I'm not so sure any of them belong in the hall. But if one does (based on performance), than they all should be considered. If any of them make it, their plaque should also include mention of their "cheating".

 

Also, in my view, Rose, while I consider him a flawed cantidate, was a much better player that added much to the game.

[The_Destroyah]

Wut?

 

If they're gonna cheat, they're gonna cheat, lifting the ban on Rose won't help, it'll further encourage cheating seeing how the rules are so flexible.

 

Flexible?!? he has been banned the majority of his life, he hasnt played baseball again since!...I dont think it will tell any player that they can get away with cheating he still served a hell of a sentence.

[Dojji]

Frankly, even if he's reinstated now, the decades of exile is pretty stiff punishment. I could see "letting him off for time served" at this point.

[TedWilliams101]

He bet on his OWN team, what the hell is the problem? If anything, it gave him MORE drive to win games, because his money was on the line. Yes, he broke a rule, but banning him and keeping him out of the Hall?

[The_Destroyah]

He bet on his OWN team' date=' what the hell is the problem? If anything, it gave him MORE drive to win games, because his money was on the line. Yes, he broke a rule, but banning him and keeping him out of the Hall?[/quote']

 

I think all along they planned on admitting him into the hall after he passed away but its just kind of a ridiculous punishment...

[Keeper]

Lift the ban. Put him in Cooperstown where he belongs. Don't wait until he dies to put him in.

[The_Destroyah]

Lift the ban. Put him in Cooperstown where he belongs. Don't wait until he dies to put him in.

 

agree...

[witty_alias]

4256 hits = HOF

He is still a D-Bag but a HOF D-Bag

[26 to 6]

If Rose is reinstated and elected into the hall then i think two things should happen. 1) reinstate Joe Jackson. 2) On their plaques in Cooperstown, right around where it lists the teams the players played for and when they played there they should also note their bans, and the duration listing when they were banned and when they were reinstated.

 

Better than an asterisk, don't you think?

[The_Destroyah]

If Rose is reinstated and elected into the hall then i think two things should happen. 1) reinstate Joe Jackson. 2) On their plaques in Cooperstown, right around where it lists the teams the players played for and when they played there they should also note their bans, and the duration listing when they were banned and when they were reinstated.

 

Better than an asterisk, don't you think?

 

I can agree to that Cooperstown is a place of baseball history, and like it or not their bans are a big and fairly important part of baseball history.

[BoSox21]

If Rose is reinstated and elected into the hall then i think two things should happen. 1) reinstate Joe Jackson.?

 

so betting FOR your team is the same as throwing the WS?

[Looch Ness Monster]

so betting FOR your team is the same as throwing the WS?

 

Joe Jackson's 1919 WS numbers

.375/.394/.563/.956, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 18 TB, 5 runs, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 errors

 

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't.

[The_Destroyah]

I dont think Shoeless Joe was trying to throw the game...

[CrespoBlows]

Keep Rose out.

[26 to 6]

Keep Rose out.

Personally, I don't care if Rose gets in either way.

[yeszir]

He belongs there