... think that he should be in the Hall of Fame while some don't. In 1989 the commissioner of baseball, A. Bartlett Giamatti (Bart Giamatti), placed Pete Rose on the ineligible list for gambling on baseball games, including his own team. As a result he was banned from baseball and ineligible for induction ... made it there with just their playing abilities and not by all of the other characteristics needed to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose started playing professional baseball in 1960 in the minor leagues and by 1963 he reached the Major Leagues as a rookie second baseman wit...

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... Rose was investigated by Major League Baseball and a hearing was scheduled for May of 1989. The scheduled hearing never took place and yet Pete Rose was suspended from baseball and placed on the ineligibility list. The question I raise is should Peter Edwards Rose be inducted into the ... ticket to Cooperstown. Enough already with opinions though, I"d like to cut into some hardcore facts. In 1989 the Major Leagues started an investigation on Pete Rose. The man heading this investigation was John M. Dowd. who wrote the infamous "Dowd Report." The findings of the Dowd Report revolve large...

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... Hall of Fame because he bet on a few baseball games? The hits leader in major league baseball is banned from baseball, does that make any sense? Pete Rose deserves to be in the baseball hall of fame because of his actions on the field, not off. To not have the all time hits leader not ... in the hall is total insanity. My personal opinion as you can already tell is that I think Rose should be in Cooperstown, NY. I think Pete should be in the Hall of Fame because of his outstanding stats, love and appreciation for the game, and for all that he could do for baseball if ... only striking ou...

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... a player does something that tarnishes the integrity of the game, his team and himself, that player can be banned. Such is so for baseball great Pete Rose. Rose was one of the leagues most colorful, hardest playing people you would ever find in the game of baseball but was banned from Major League ... because Rose was often out drinking, partying and staying out late on nights of games. His impressive play on the field continued for years to come. Pete Rose batted over .300 consistently during his career and was the World Series most valuable player (MVP) in 1973, where he also took in Na...

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... problem; he just does not want to stop. Why though, would someone with so much to gain by ceasing to gamble, continue gambling? Former friend and roommate Tommy Gioiosa stated, "Pete's a great guy, but he has a sickness. That sickness is gambling" (Chass). Pathological gambling is "among impulse control problems that are broadly defined as mental disorders characterized by an irresistible ... of these criteria is considered a pathological gambler, while an individual fulfilling two to four of these criteria is considered a problem gambler. Five of these criteria are or were satisfied by...

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... he further states that Rose must "prove how much he loves the game" in order to be considered for reinstatement. For twenty-four years, Pete Rose proved himself to the record books. For instance, Rose possesses the all-time Major League record for most career hits (4,256), the all-time ... baseball fans. In that context, a 1994 article in Sports Illustrated reported a telephone poll of Americans in which 97 percent of respondents said that Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame. The numbers speak for themselves. Considering that Rose spent his career proving that he is a Hall ... Diego...

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... bases collected in a single AL game (16) and received 12 batting titles, 9 of which are consecutive. What I don't think is fair about that is that Pete's success was clearly overlooked, and Ty's clearly wasn't. What about Kobe Bryant? The Lakers player who's currently on trial for sexual assault charges while still playing in ... game and not eligible for Hall of Fame status but no. All he got was a measly 7 game suspension, a mere slap on the wrist compared to Pete Rose. My point is is that there are all sorts of wrong doing in athletics, there always has been and there always will be. ...

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... get any better, Rose went on a 44-game hitting streak and became the youngest player to reach 3,000 hits (467). The should be Hall of Famer, Pete Rose, led the National League with 140 hits in 1981 (493). September 11, 1981 would be the greatest day of Rose's career when he broke Ty Cobb's ... decade: His longing to get back into the game he loves and his denial that he bet on baseball" (MacGregor 1). That statement goes to show that Pete Rose hasn't admitted that he bet on baseball nor has it been proven that these allegations even took place. In the United States, one is innocent unti...

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... and umpires (www.baseballhalloffame.org). Men have dedicated their whole lives to the sport of baseball ultimately to achieve membership in this illustrious club. Pete Rose is one of the men who have whole-heartedly devoted themselves to the game they love. Unfortunately, he may never be rewarded with the ... had 14,053 at-bats, 3,315 singles, 746 doubles and 2,165 total runs, all of which are major league records. Another unbelievable feat Pete Rose accomplished was something unheard of in almost any sport. He played at least five hundred games at five different positions (www.mlb.com)...

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... enthusiasm. No matter what happened in the game, if his team won he held his head high. Even if Rose went 0 - 3, he was happy. Whitey Fore nicknamed Pete Rose "Charlie Hustle" for his boundless enthusiasm. In 1960, his first season as a pro, he batted .277 and led his class D league in errors. This wasn't ... On September 11 in Cincinnati, he hit his 4,193rd hit off of Padres" Eric Show, passing Ty Cobb for the all time hit record. In 1985 Pete Rose was accused of owing a huge debt to gamblers for gambling on his own team. He proceeded with months of legal actions but, on August 24, ... ...

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... of his former teammates and best friends feel differently about it now that he has admitted to betting on baseball after denying it for almost 15 years. Pete Rose certainly has the statistics to be in the Hall of Fame, in fact he leads the Major Leagues in several different hitting categories. Betting on ... taken many ways, all of the things above are against MLB rules as well is betting, so why were they allowed to be reinstated time after time and Pete Rose cannot get re-instated to be inducted? In a mock trial in Cambridge, Mass. One jury member stated "His nickname was "Charlie Hus...

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... for allegedly gambling thousands of dollars on games as a player and a manager for the Cincinnati Reds. It was September of the 1985 season and Pete Rose had just passed Ty Cobb on the all time list for most hits with 4,192. Four years later Rose was banned from baseball by than ... Reds. Almost all of the indirect evidence during an investigation that was later called the Dowd Report was provided from former friends and associates of Pete Rose. The group of individuals were mostly men on the outside fringe of the sports world. Most of the men that derived this information were ... drug...

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... Hall of Fame legends Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays for their connections to certain public figures in casinos, which were later overthrown after six years. If ethics is preventing Pete Rose from being admitted into the Hall of Fame, then what happens to those players with criminal records, drug scandals, or illegitimate children with different women? Ty ... Cobb, the player Pete Rose was chasing to become the all-time hits leader, killed a man and admitted to it. Of all players in history to have troubled times, Babe Ruth, ... all-time major league, national league, and miscellaneous rec...

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... " go to the hall of fame? I for one would like to know how in the name of Ty Cobb can the powers that run baseball, justify keeping Pete Rose out of the "Hall". Pete Rose was placed on baseball's ineligible list in 1989 when commissioner of baseball Giamatti concluded that Rose had bet on baseball games including games involving his own team ... crook have found their way into the Hall of Fame. Baseball should be honest with itself and delete the character and integrity requirements of that rule. A growing consensus suggests that Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because of hi...

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... all right to break laws. Major League Baseball should not care about the morals of a person but rather his ability and skill. It does not matter Pete Rose bet on baseball. He still holds the record for career hits. The National Basketball Association allows, "Bad Boy" Dennis Rodman to play basketball, despite ... he admitted to betting on baseball, Giamatti would end this matter. Rose signed the agreement saying he had cheated, believing the whole problem would be over. Pete Rose lost his right to a fair trial in hopes of ending the trial before it started. Giamatti lied to him. Giamatti...

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... never been an affirmation of impeccable character, but rather a recognition of extraordinary achievements on the diamond. This is what makes the case of Pete Rose, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, so agonizing."" (Carter) Peter Edward Rose was placed on Major League Baseball's ... on which the player played."" (Rules for Election 2) To be honest, integrity and character considerations count for less than record and playing ability. The Pete Rose Controversy speaks directly to Baseball's difficulty and hypocrisy with regard to "character" and "integrity" issues. As Joe ...

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... not baseball fans, and haven't a clue as to what I am taking about let me try and some it up. Ten years ago baseball great Pete Rose was given a lifetime ban from the game for allegedly betting on games involving the team he was coaching at the time the Cincinnatti Reds, the ... U.S. President Jimmy Carter submitted an article to a magazine on the Rose controversy stating, "Every man deserves an opportunity for redemption, It's time to forgive Pete Rose" (New York Times 1996). Recently during the All-Star break "10 Ways to Save Baseball" was written and released by the Associated Press c...

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... the worst possible behavior, and deserves the harshest penalty. Gambling is the worst thing a ballplayer can do, because it undermines the integrity of the game. Pete Rose did the worst thing a ballplayer could do by not only gambling on games in the NBA the NFL and college sports, but also baseball games. ... Baseball's ineligibility list could not be considered as candidates. Commissioner Bud Selig said that the application would be considered at an appropriate time. In 1997 Pete Rose applied for re-instatement nearly eight years after he was first eligible to do so. He was turned do...

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... being the manager for the Cincinnati Reds ball club only six were spent with another ball club, 19 of those years were spent with the Reds. Pete was thought of as one of the most competitive ballplayers of his generation. Over those years he achieved many recognizable awards, he was named National League ... Year in 1963; to be chosen for this honor over all the beginning baseball players takes a lot of skill as a player. Also, on September 11, 1985, Pete broke baseball veteran Ty Cobb's record for most career hits (4,256), which to this day is still unbroken. Rose's life is full of a l...

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... attempted to plead Peter Rose into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Long ago the League decided that gambling is the most immoral indiscretion of baseballs deadly sins. That is why Pete Rose, whose voracious appetite for placing bets, particularly wagering on his own team when he was the manager of the baseball team Cincinnati Reds in the late 1980's. Rose has ... Baseball Hall Of Fame. Rose spent his childhood years playing baseball with friends at the sandlot, he later played for his local little league team. Pete was encouraged as a young boy to participate in sports. His father, who playe...

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