Pete Rose is now eligible for the HOF

[Gamecock Jacque]

Pete Rose, MLB’s polarizing all-time hits leader, dead at 83

Pete Rose, the 17-time MLB All-Star and three-time World Series champion who owns the most hits in MLB history, has died at 83 years old, his agent said Monday.

www.foxnews.com

 

[KingWard]

Shoeless Joe? Rose likewise was never reinstated, was he?

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Shoeless Joe? Rose likewise was never reinstated, was he?

He was given a lifetime ban. His lifetime is over. I guess we'll see.

 

[18IsTheMan]

This seemed a silly ban to uphold once MLB struck partnerships with gambling sites.

 

[Johnny She Said]

these players definitely deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. just as all those players from the steroid era.

 

[KingWard]

He was given a lifetime ban. His lifetime is over. I guess we'll see.

The tax problems which led to his incarceration point to vulnerabilities that gambling interests could have exploited. His situation was and is more complex that merely placing bets on his own sport.

 

[KingWard]

these players definitely deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. just as all those players from the steroid era...

...don't deserve to be.

 

[Gradstudent]

Always interesting to me how he could hit not hit Randy Jones, Jones was a good pitcher, but Pete always answered the question who was the most difficult for him, as Randy Jones, in the interviews I have seen, LOL.

Pete Rose, the all-time MLB leader in hits, faced Randy Jones, a former Cy Young Award winner, during his career. Rose had the second most at-bats of anyone Jones faced, with 93, but Jones only managed 17 hits. After going 4-for-29 against Jones, Rose tried batting left-handed, but Jones still got him out. Rose said, “Left-handed, right-handed, cross-handed, he still gets you out”.

 

[bayrooster]

He was given a lifetime ban. His lifetime is over. I guess we'll see.

Yeah I think the ban didn't cover the hereafter.

 

[Debo77]

This seemed a silly ban to uphold once MLB struck partnerships with gambling sites.

this bothers me alot.....1/3 of commercials during NFL games on Sundays are DraftKings , FanDuel or Underdog....."DraftKings a proud sponsor of the NFL"....but yet they kick the players out of the league if they partake

 

[Johnny She Said]

With all the different ways to place bets today, how can players be stopped?
Of course my next question is how are some dumb enough to get caught?

 

[KingWard]

Yeah I think the ban didn't cover the hereafter.

Doesn't mean he'll go into the Hall, which still exists in this realm.