RIP Charlie Hustle
Pete Rose dead at 83.
Will he posthumously be elected to HOF?
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No.
But he should be.
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I met Rose in a group setting. A great athlete, not intelligent. The poor guy was an addict. Addicted to gambling. What a waste. He could have been the face of baseball, made millions.
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Why? He made his bed.
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A lifetime ban doesn’t mean until humanity ceases to exist. It means the lifetime of the player.
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I saw someone say when they let Shoeless Joe in they'll let Rose in. Shoeless Joe died in 1951 and is still waiting.
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I was wondering about this. Does "lifetime" ban mean you can go in when you die? I'm guessing it's imprecise language for "never".
Agreed with the above: Shoeless Joe was a better baseball player and by all accounts wasn't really the ring leader, may have been taken advantage of given he was illiterate and otherwise not very bright. He also played pretty well in the series, with a record number of hits (which wasn't broken for years) and hit .375.
If Pete goes in, Shoeless Joe should go in. Though, admittedly, being part of a fix is worse than gambling per se. But still.
