No HOF For Pete

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I fall on the side of it being the "baseball" hall of fame not the "personality and upstanding moral character" hall of fame.

To leave out the all time hits leader, home run record holders, arguably the best pitcher in history, and others in a misguided attempt to legislate character takes the credibility of this being a shrine to the "greatest to play the game" and rumples it like a ball of discarded paper into a trash bin.

Do I like them all?

Hell no.

Should the best to play the game be in the hall of fame no matter what?

Hell yes.

If the electors want to vote against Rose, then so be it. I would disagree, but at least he would have had a shot. Make him eligible, if he had committed virtually any crime except first degree murder he would have served his time by now. Enough is enough of the punishment. And yeah, he is a jerk, a liar, and so forth. Probably a compulsive gambler. But he has been punished for 25 YEARS. Enough.