Should Pete Rose be allowed in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
357756
The man was all guts, played with heart everyday, never a slacker. His on field talent should be enough to get him into the hall. My problem is he never really admitted to the public and baseball itself that he was wrong. He kind of but not really did this last time.....for one I don't think it was enough. Admit your fully wrong Pete, you were too good a player to not be there.
214852
No.  If he did do steroids, and he probably did, it was not against basball rules at the time.\nPete Rose clearly violated one of the cardinal rules of MLB
615222
I think they should be banned from the hall of fame and also stripped of any records they hold. I think they should be allowed to continue to play after a first offense but banned from baseball after a second offense. The key issue is the accuracy of the tests and frequency. If it's possible there was a falso positive or a truely accidental positive then thats reasonable once. Still tarnishs any records they held.
470805
There is nobody in the Baseball Hall of Fame that had nothing to do with baseball.  The most common incorrect answer is Abbott and Costello.  They themselves are not in the Hall of Fame.  Their skit "Who's on first?" is.
691649
I think they'll honor it just like any other record, if he does break the record.  They didn't say that wouldn't.  Steroids were banned just recently, and they can't go back and enforce something that was legal back then.  Otherwise, they would have to go back and investigate every single player since the start of baseball in order to have no discrimination and that's not going to happen.
880932
Some will agree that Rose has a valid point but most won't.  The fact that he knowingly bet on the game destroyed any chance of him getting into the hall of fame.  There is no greater desire in  Pete Rose's life than to be elected into the hall of fame.  It's what he played for his entire career.  It means more to him than his 5 pennants or 3 world championships.  I met Pete Rose in Philadelphia as part of a little league home run derby event and I must say I never met a more arrogant self centered individual in my life.  He came into the dugout at the Vet and literally blow off the kids around him who stood in awe of him.  I will never forget that.  The image of a super star making little kids feel like dirt.  I think it reflected a microcosm of his life.  It was all about him, "Look at me, I'm Pete Rose!".  I often thought after that incident that one day his arrogance might come back and bite him in the rear.  Well, it did.  I have no pity for him and I hope he never gets his ultimate prize.  There are many ways to cheat and I think between Rose, McGwire, Sosa, Bonds and many more, they have found them all.  However, there has to be a line drawn.  The integrity of baseball is at stake and it's up to the sports writers association to maintain it.  To elect McGwire into the hall just opens this giant can of worms and I'm sure this is what Rose would like.  In effect it loosen the criteria for getting in.  It makes his position stronger at least in his own mind and in the mind of his supporters.  The bottom line is this, whether the Rose situation is different than the McGwire situation is really not that important.  Cheating is cheating no matter how is was done.
677316
Pete Rose has the most hits and would suggest he is the best hitter.
705892
Gwynn and Ripkin are shoe-ins for the hall.  McGwire will not make it for at least for a few years if ever.  When he faced congress a couple of years ago he really hurt himself when confronted about his possible use of steroid.  Of course he admitted to the use of a certain steroid in 1998 when he "broke" Maris record.\n\nOne of my biggest concerns is that there are players that should be in the hall and for whatever reason have yet to be voted in.  Among my own personal list are players like, Jice Rice, Dave Parker, Don Mattingly, Dwight Evans, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell, Jack Morris, and of course the "Goose" Rich Gossage.\n\nSomebody please tell me why these guys are not hall of famers????
650159
At 38, he's approaching it, if not there yet. Too bad he suffered all those injuries in his career. He could have been a great ballplayer. With 538 HRs, he'll most likely get voted into the Hall of Fame. Not on the first ballot, however. Chances are, he might last for another five years, if he agrees to be traded to the AL to DH.
813257
Bernie is a Yankee!!   Mickey Mantle, Don Mattingly, Whitey Ford, Joe DiMaggio, were Yankees and only Yankees.  Bernie is on a very special list of players to wear only Yankees pin strips.  Even Yogi Berra can't say that as he played briefly with the Mets before retiring.  If the Yankees offer him a contract, good, if not retire.  My only concern would be that in my humble opinion Bernie would need 300 career home runs and 2500 career hits to give him a real shot at the Hall of Fame.  Right now he is just short on both counts.  With 4 world series rings and 6 AL pennants and a batting title he still might make it.
37486
Rose broke the hits record on Sept. 11, 1985.\n\nOn Sept. 10, 1985 ..... nothing of significance appears to have happened in Major League Baseball on this date, other than Pete Rose going 0-for-4 against San Diego, delaying his breaking Ty Cobb's hit's record until the next day.\n\nBTW, Rose tied the hits record on Sept. 8, 1985 at Wrigley Field where he would have likely broken the record if the game had not been called on account of darkness at the still lightless ballpark.
896843
No, he is NOT a Hall of Famer\n\nThe way he has forced trades via poor play and bad attitude I believe has killed that thought.\n\nI also must disagree... I do not think 500 home runs is an automatic invite anymore, especially amongst players of this "enhanced" era.\n\nAfter all, Rafael Palmeiro has 569 HRs and over 3,000 hits, Sosa has 588 HRs, and Big Mac has 583.\n\nWhich one of them do you see getting in at any time soon?\n\nOH, and IF he squeeks in... it will NOT be as a Yankee, (his stats there were mediocre at best.) he'll go in as a Brave.
126244
Yes, he will.  The only exception would be if he gets banned for drug use.  \n\nHe'll end up either 1st or 2nd on the home runs charts, and that alone will put him in on the first ballot.  People may not like him, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be in the hall.\n\nTy Cobb was widely hated when he was around.  He would TRY to hurt guys with his spikes, but he is regarded as one of the best hitters ever and he went in on 98% of the vote...more than BABE RUTH and WALTER JOHNSON!
587926
It would be a really cool thing, but then there will come out of the woodwork calls to retire other players' numbers for reasons almost as altruistic as what Clemente did. Pretty soon, we'll be back to having no numbers on uniforms.\n\nIn all things, moderation. He has an award named after him, so perhaps we should leave it at that.
250748
Barry Bonds is a cheater.\nHe deserves in the Hall of Fame right after they let Pete Rose into the Hall.\nSammy Sosa, Jose Conseco, Mark McGwire, Giambi, Sheffield, etc. \nThey all knew the rules and broke them. Steroids have changed the game as we know it. Take the Home Run title away from Bonds and give it back to its rightful owner, Roger Maris.
371144
Yes...steroids or not, he was one of the best before the steroids era.  Hate the guy, but he is a great baseball player.  Pete Rose should be in as well....for his ON field accomplishments.
1144905
It depends on who you ask. While the Black Sox scandal was pretty bad, what about the scandal surrounding the greatest baseball player of all time, Pete Rose? The gambling scandal surrounding him has prevented him from entering the Hall of Fame. His credentials more than qualify him, but without him wanting to admit what he did was wrong, he's forever going to be the greatest player never to get into the HoF.