Pete Rose was one of the greatest hitters to ever play in the game of baseball. He finished his career with 4,256 hits, a record that will probably stand for decades to come. Pete Rose should have been an obvious choice for the Hall of Fame. In August of 1989, Pete Rose was banned from Major League Baseball for gambling. Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame? Pete Rose was one of the greatest athletes to play baseball. An induction into the Hall of Fame should not be based on moral behavior. On the other hand, how can a society condone unacceptable behavior from athletes? Induction into the Hall of Fame suggests to the youth of society that it is 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 his offending presence and antics. The National Basketball Association allows Rodman to play because he averages over 10 rebounds a game. Major League Baseball should base their evaluation of Pete Rose on his athletic ability and accomplishments not his personal values.
Pete Rose knew what would happen to him if he gambled on baseball. In 1919 Major League Baseball banned 8 players for life due to gambling. This incident has been highly publicized and made known to all America. These banned players are known today as the "Black Sox" rather than their true name, the White Sox. Major League Baseball was following protocol. Pete Rose knew he should not have gambled on baseball, but he did it anyway.
Pete Rose had an unfair hearing. He was tricked into admitting that he had gambled. Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti was trying to make history by banning Pete Rose. According to Rose, he and Giamatti had met earlier.
Should a man who has over 4,256 hits be kept from the Hall of Fame because he bet on a few baseball games? ... Even Charles Manson gets parole hearings, and Hall of Famers, as Rose points out, "aren't all altar guys" Finally, 4,256 is so many knocks that without Rose the Hall of Fame ought to have a big asterisk on its front door. ...
Here is a list of Rose's career records: All-time Major League record for most hits - 4,256 All-time Major League record for most games played - 3,562 All-time Major League record for most at bats - 14,053 All-time Major League record for most singles - 3,315 All-time Major League record for most total bases by a switch hitter - 5,752 All-time Major League record for most seasons of 200 or more hits - 10 All-time Major League record for most consecutive seasons of 100 or more hits - 23 All-time Major League record for most seasons of 600 or more at bats - 17 All-time Major League...
For instance, Rose possesses the all-time Major League record for most career hits (4,256), the all-time Major League record for most singles (3,315), the all-time National League record for most career runs (2,165), and the modern National League record for longest consecutive game hitting streak (44), just to name a few of his accomplishments. ...
A star was born Peter Edward Rose on April 14, 1941 to a Mr. And Mrs. Frank Rose in the baseball city of Cincinnati, Oh. His parent's didn't know it then but they would soon be the proud parents of an extremely talented baseball player. Rose played a total of 24 years of baseball, including being th...
Pete Rose: A Hall of Fame Baseball Player Pete Rose is one of the best men to ever play baseball. HE is a well respected and high achieving ball player and it is a disgrace that he has not been inducted into the hall of fame. Rose has met the qualifications to be inducted and therefore he should...
During his career, Rose accumulated some astronomical numbers, he currently holds nineteen all-time records in Major League Baseball including the record for most career hits with 4,256, along with the record for most games played with an untouchable 3,562. ...
The road to becoming a Major League Baseball player is probably the hardest journey of any of the major sports in America. It is not uncommon to hear of football players being drafted into the National Football League after playing only two or three years of Collegiate level football, or a basketba...
