... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... the school system. The truth is, is that situations showing the lack of integrity in Western society today occur everyday. For instance, on January 5th, 2004, sports legend Pete Rose admitted that he bet not only on baseball in 1987 and 1988, but also on his team. After reports emerges in 1989 that Rose was gambling on baseball, ... League Baseball officials, Rose decided to leave baseball for life without saying if the reports were true or not. I believe that the MLB officials should not have given Pete Rose the option of not having to admit or deny whether he bet on baseball if he agr...

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... playing Sunday ball. Despite the outrage with which baseball officials and writers treat baseball's occasional betting scandals (most famously in the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal and the 1989 banishment of Pete Rose), the game has never been completely free of the sporting underworld of gambling and low life. Even though they are all men with extraordinarily disciplined athletic skills, ballplayers, like ... ...

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