Pete Rose and the HOF

[RickD]

What if he gambled as a player as it appears there is evidence for?

There was no way he bet rather he would get a hit or not. Let him in!

 

[A.E]

What if he gambled as a player as it appears there is evidence for?

I've got 4,256 reasons to believe he did not gamble on his own teams, while still playing.

 

[brett05]

I've got 4,256 reasons to believe he did not gamble on his own teams, while still playing.

That makes ZERO sense.,

 

[brett05]

There was no way he bet rather he would get a hit or not. Let him in!

That does not answer the question RickD

 

[semperty]

I've got 4,256 reasons to believe he did not gamble on his own teams, while still playing.

So as long as you break the rules in a very specific way, it's totally fine? That's a load of garbage.

 

[A.E]

So as long as you break the rules in a very specific way, it's totally fine? That's a load of garbage.

Point is, you don't become all time hit king while betting on yourself and your team to lose. Again, its very hypocritical to keep Pete from the Hall. Its not like the Hall is only full of upstanding citizens; players who never broke rules.

 

[RickD]

Basically, the man had over 4,000 hits. He deserves the Hall regardless of what he did when he retired.

 

[brett05]

Basically, the man had over 4,000 hits. He deserves the Hall regardless of what he did when he retired.

You don't know that he didn't gamble as a player and it appears that the Commish has evidence that he gambled as a player as well.

 

[RickD]

I don't condone gamblingbut I think the all time HIT king deserves the hall

 

[baseballchampion]

I personally think he should be in the Hall. Numbers don't lie and his troubles as a coach don't change what he did as a player.