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  1. Best thing I've read about #PeteRose so far, by #JoePosnanski: "Every single time i speak somewhere people will ask me, “Do you think Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame?” I respond by asking the crowd, “By a show of hands, how many of you think Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame?’

    Always, and I do mean every single time, half the hands in the room go up. Exactly half." #mlb #baseball #hof #baseballhalloffame joeposnanski.com/p/instant-rea

  2. I’m glad #PeteRose wasn’t reinstated before he died. Now his probable #HallOfFame election can be for his (surviving) fans.

    The hall is still a joke without #RogerClemens and #BarryBonds, though.

    #baseball #MLB

  3. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a petition filed by Pete Rose's family to have the game's all-time leader in hits posthumously removed from baseball's ineligible list. japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/0 #baseball #mlb #peterose #robmanfred

  4. > Gambling can develop into an addiction like smoking, where you itch without the (figurative or literal) dice in your hands.
    > This matters now because the same sports world that banned Rose, with the haughty air of a pope excommunicating an inveterate sinner, is now besotted with gambling. Our smartphones are now portable sportsbooks, and the leagues have reaped billions from the industry.
    thenation.com/article/society/
    #PeteRose #DavidZirin #ZirinOnRose #SportsGambling #ZirinOnGambling

  5. Yes, I am sad that Pete Rose passed away. He was a legend and he was a great. I first remember him when he played in the 1980 World Series with the Phillies. When I was 11-12 years old I played on a Little League team called the Reds, and Rose earned his legendary status playing for the Cincinnati Reds. All of that. More hits than any player in history. Legend.

    He also bet on baseball games. He claims he never threw a game and he only bet on his own team. He was banned from Major League Baseball for life and good riddance. He always came off to me as if he were an insufferable prick and I had no problem with the ban. No Hall of Fame for Charlie Hustle, even though he does hold the MLB record for hits.

    Now that he’s passed, and it is sad that he’s passed for sure, the conversation is going to happen again. Should his ban be lifted and should he be allowed into the Hall of Fame.

    I say no. As long as Shoeless Joe Jackson remains banned for betting on baseball, specifically as a member of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox team that threw the World Series (against the Cincinnati Reds, of course) then Pete Rose remains banned too. Rose was a brilliant player but by all accounts he wasn’t even close to as good as Jackson (who was a .400 hitter one season). Who knows what Joe could have accomplished if he’d been allowed to play out his full career. There is also very little evidence of him actually participating in rigging games. Hell, he had a great series in 1919 when his co-conspirators were clearly tanking.

    If they lift the ban on Joe Jackson then we can talk about lifting the ban on Pete Rose. Before then? I don’t give a shit what anyone says about Rose. If Jackson remains out then Rose remains out. That’s how it needs to be.

    I have spoken.

    https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/10/01/pete-rose/

    #Baseball #blackSox #gambling #gamblingScandal #joeJackson #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #peteRose #phillies #reds #shoelessJoeJackson #whiteSox