Pete Rose Should Be In The Baseball Hall of Fame!
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 8/13/2016 1:00:00 AM
Pete Rose has paid the price for his gambling addiction. It's time they put him in the Hall of Fame.
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY pays tribute to the greatest baseball players of all time, or should I say "most" of the greatest players, because Pete Rose is conspicuously missing.
Pete Rose was one of the greatest players to ever play the game, but to this date, he has never been inducted because he was banned from the sport since 1989 because he had a gambling problem and often bet on baseball. While I can completely understand why the MLB has strict rules regarding gambling, Pete Rose made it a point to say he never bet against his own team.
There's a big difference between betting on your own team, and betting on the opposing team.
Obviously, as a manager, he would've corrupted the game if he bet against his own team, by manipulating the game itself, but a bet on his own team would have absolutely no affect on the outcome. As a manager, his job is winning games, so this would only serve to make him work harder to win.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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