Do you think Pete Rose should be allowed into the Baseball Hall of Fame? I do!?
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The answer is YES. Forget about the betting. \nHis Career Numbers are:\n\n4256 hits- Most All-Time\n3562 Games Played- Most All-Time\n2165 runs- 5th most All-Time\n746 doubles-2nd All Time\n5752 total bases- 6th All-Time\n.303 Career Average\nOnly had 160 Career Homeruns and \nOnly had 1314 Career Rbi.\nPlayed the game the way it was meant to be played. \n\nIf anyone belongs ... he does. Hasn't it been long enough?
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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.
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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.
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I hate Pete Rose.  I hate everything about Pete Rose.  I hate that he won the Rookie of the Year award in 1963 instead of Ron Hunt.  (Hunt was always a better second baseman, was elected to the All-Star team in 1964, a year before Rose, and may have started instead of Rose in 1965 if he had not been injured early in the season.)  I hate what he did to Ray Fosse and Bud Harrelson.  I hate his hitting streak and his hitting records.  I hate the way he sprinted to first base on walks.  I hate his gambling and his lying about it.\n\nPete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame.\n\nHe should be inducted without any ceremony.  Let us honor his achievements as a player, even though we should not honor him.  The mitigating circumstance is that he never threw a baseball game.  However, the bottom of his plaque listing his teams and achievements should read, "BANNED FROM BASEBALL FOR LIFE DUE TO GAMBLING, 1989."
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If he'd played in the US all his career, he'd  be a no-doubt HoFer. \n\nWe know that the level of play in Japan isn't as good as the level of play here, but it's better than what you find in AAA. Since we can adjust for the easier time he had in japan, we should do just that.\n\nBut--If we do that, there are a few fantastic japanese players who might deserve placement in the Hall, despite having played all of their career in Japan. We don't want to open that door, probably.\n\nHopefully he'll have a long enough career to 'erase all doubt'. And really, that's the only real question about his qualifications in the US; Longevity.
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Yes, Pete Rose. My hero when I was a kid. What a f*cking *sshole he was. He wouldn't so much as acknowledge the kids who were waving and screaming his name.\n\nI hope that S.O.B. never makes it to the hall of fame.
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I guess Murph won't get inducted unless it's by the veterans committee, which is a real shame.  During the 80's the guy was as dominant as anyone in the game.  If Dawson gets in, then Dale shouldn't be too far behind.  Similar to Murphy, Dawson played for a poor team and put up some huge numbers.  I'm also pulling for Dale b/c he's such a nice guy and a fantastic ambassador for baseball.
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Hell yeah, with the Reds and the Bengals (who dey) through thick and thin. The Big Red Machine shall return. By the way, Rose better get into the hall of fame in my lifetime.
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Absolutely not.  Charley hustle, Mr. baseball, Pete Rose is still not admitted into the hall of fame after his conviction of gambling.  Jose Canseco had legal problems.  There are many races involved.  By the way I am on Barry Bonds side for breaking the record.  It is the news media that has convicted him and no one else.  Those who like to read and spread gossip should be ashamed as those who write it to make money.  It is just terrible what the public lets the sports broadcasters get away with.  Lets watch the games and only listen to the media guys with integrity.  The other bums probably could not even hit the baseball out of the infield.  They should be talking to a brick wall.\n\nGo Barry Bonds!!!  Hit 800 home runs.  Some of us really do appreciate what you have done.
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Edgar deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, he is the best DH every and a mentor to the younger players.  People who are against it say that it is because he doesn't play the field, however he was a DH so that means either people accept that position as a Hall of Fame worthy position or get rid of the position all together.  American League pitchers aren't banned because they don't hit.
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You're comparing apples to oranges. Pete Rose broke the cardinal rule of baseball - Thou Shall Not Bet on Baseball - and was banned for life. His name isn't even on the ballot. He should NEVER be elected into the HOF. As for Sammy and the rest of the steroid crowd, MLB was complicit in this scandal by turning a blind eye to it's use until the public/press rightfully brought it to the forefront. It's illegal now and anyone who gets caught now should never get into the HOF (i.e. Rafeal Palmerio.) Even though we all suspect Sammy used, he was never caught. Innocent until proven guilty.\n\nThat said, based on numbers alone, Sammy should and will get in. It's only a matter of when he'll get in. I won't be surprised if the writers refuse to elect him and the Veteran's committee puts him in later.\n\nAnd the corked bat is a non-issue. Gaylord Perry is in the Hall and that guy had vaseline dripping from his cap.
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No he broke a rule that is written in every clubhouse. Everyone KNOWS that is the rule. It is very clear. Should they put a plaque in pointing out he is the all-time hits leader? Sure they should do that for all the statistics. Just change the name if someone manages to top him.
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Tough to say....his homers say HOF, the rest of his numbers do not.  He is in the same boat as Mark McGwire.  I also am a Cardinals fan.  I think he will eventually make it, but not on the first ballot.  Same goes for Big Mac.
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All time hits king. He deserves to be there,and it's a damn shame that hes not. People make mistakes. If Darryl Strawberry gets a million chances for snorting cocaine over and over again. Pete Rose,one of the greatest hitters ever,deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Bud Selig is an idiot!!!! I am pissed off now that I have to think hes not in the Hall of Fame.
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No, Maris is not in the HOF, and probably will not ever be.\n\nHis career numbers of 275 Home Runs and 851 RBI are not Hall of Fame caliber for an outfielder.\n\nHe did win 2 MVP awards (which obviously means he was NOT  a "one year wonder" as a lot of people think), but he was an All Star for only four seasons....that's not a good total either for a Hall of Fame candidate.\n\nHis .217 World Series batting average didn't help his case either... He did hit  6 World Series Home Runs, and he played for  seven Pennant Winners (and three World Championship teams).\n\nMaris died in 1985, and did receive some significant Hall of Fame vote totals during the 2 or 3 years following his death, but never made the 75% total needed to be inducted.
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Jackson was found guilty by the commissioner of baseball for participating in gambling activities associated with baseball.  However, he was never PROVEN guilty of this - it was an autocratic decision by the commissioner to ban him from the major league teams and their affiliates.\n\nThat said, the Hall of Fame is for ALL of baseball, not just the MLB and SHOULD be independant of MLB (it's not really, but it should be).  So, the decision of the commissioner should have not weight in whether or not someone is inducted into the hall of fame.  This would then make both Joe Jackson and Pete Rose eligible for the Hall and both are VERY deserving to be there.\n\nRemeber Gambling is legal in a number of places and sports gambling is actually supported by the Canadian Government via the Sport Select program (a lotto game where you select winners, losers and tie games, etc.), icluding baseball.  This by definition should exclude the Toronto Blue Jays from participating in the MLB.\n\nJoe should be in the Hall.