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Posted By: Jay Miller

Some of you guys need to take a walk in the fresh air and clear your heads. Baseball is a sport, a recreation, a form of entertainment. It is not life and death. The HOF is a place where there are exhibits showing who the greatest baseball players were--the best hitters, the best pitchers, the best fielders, NOT THE BEST PEOPLE. Pete Rose was one of the greatest players ever to play the game and he deserves to be there, period. His bat is already there, his spikes are already there---they didn't do anything without Pete to move them.
You know what, I don't care if Rose bet on a game because I know that given the competitor that Pete is he would never bet against his own team. Would he do something to endanger his team's chances of success---absolutely not---he was too much of a competitor. Also, I think the NFL example is relevant. Baseball sometimes tries to take a hollier than thou attitude which is a bunch of bull.
By the way I'll bet anyone $50 that he doesn't get in next year.