Rose admits betting tonight...

[Guest]

"Charlie Hussle" apoplogized for betting on baseball tonight. That is aproximately the 4,200th thing he's done to get into the hall. We live in a day and age in which nearly every fan that follows baseball bets on fantasy sports (often multiple leagues), office pools, and on-line gaming. What did Pete Rose do that was so bad? Threatened the integrity of the game??? Players have corked bats, used steriods, thrown bottles during bar fights, beat people up and raped women----and are still playing!!!! Rose has been banned for 14 years for doing something far less threatening to the integrity of the game. Sure he bet on baseball in a position of influence, but he never bet against the Reds---come on Pete Rose does not have an ounce of lose in his body, he bet on the REDS because he believed in the Reds---all other bets on all other baseball games were meaningless in my eyes, he had no power to alter the outcomes---no more than the fantasy owner can control whether Arod will put up enough stats to make the $52 fantasy salary worth it.

The Hall of Fame is about accomplishments on the field, not ones troubles (or lackthereof) off the field.

Thanks Pete, this fan accepts your apology and wished todays players played the game half as hard as you did.

[Madison]

Apology? I never heard an apology? He didn't even act like he was sorry.

I don't buy it. Leave his memoribilia in the hall for his accomplishments on the field, but keep the man out of the Hall and as far away from baseball as humanly possible.

[eftda]

I dont think that naything should be in the Hall. He BROKE THE RULES. And your right, he never said sorry. He wants to be in the hall for himself. This is why The people dont pick whos in the Hall

[Arlo]

eftda's point about breaking the rules is interesting. Clearly, Rose did so, but on the other hand, so do many other players in many different ways, many of which we just laugh about. I guess I'm just curious: which rules do you folks think are the ones that should carry such a supreme penalty for being broken? Just gambling and fixing games (or conspiring to), or are there others?