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    RIP Pete Rose

    Charlie Hustle...
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    Slob who bet illegally and lied like a pig about it.
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      #3
      Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
      Charlie Hustle...
      Should be in the hall.....there's guys in there that did waaaay worse
      No signature :(

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        #4
        Originally posted by Cipher View Post
        Slob who bet illegally and lied like a pig about it.
        And here you are, talking about him... smh. However, he still leads the majors in a couple of catagories...
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          #5
          Many forget that Pete Rose popularized the head-first slide in baseball. It's so common now. When I was a kid playing little-league, that's what we called it - the Pete Rose slide. Our coaches didn't like it, but we did it anyway. I met him at the Vet when I was 7 or 8 when he played for the Phillies, signed a pin for me. Still have it somewhere.
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            #6
            He mattered, and suggesting otherwise is the kind of armchair BS that anyone hoisting a beer with an opinion can do. It doesn't take away from his importance to the sport.
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
            ~Herman Melville

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              #7
              No doubt not in the hall just for punishment... My opinion he should be put in the Hall but with big captions explaining both the pos. and neg. parts of his career. Hard to imagine a Baseball Hall of Fame and a player of that caliber not there.
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                #8
                I really like the way you put that and I agree. It would be interesting to have a showcase of how the sports industry can bring out both the best and worst in great talent.
                "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                ~Herman Melville

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                  #9
                  The posted consequence of betting in baseball is "permanent" ban. Not "lifetime" ban. It will be interesting to see if MLB makes an exception, but I think it will take some time, if ever.
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                    #10
                    And yet, scum like Deshaun Watson can exist for far too long while sexually assaulting women right and left.

                    I say that as a lifetime Cleveland fan.
                    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                    ~Herman Melville

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                      #11
                      He bet on his team to win. End of story. Let’s go through the character record of all inducties shall we? Lol
                      No signature :(

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                        #12
                        If Pete had a sliver of a chance to get in it should've happened while he was still alive.

                        If it happens now it'll just make his fans happy, as more and more time goes by nobody will be to concerned.

                        A lot of thirty year Olds dint know many prominent people from 15 years ago....

                        Wolfgang van halen came to the defense of a 26 year old female singer when see said she didnt know who Eddie van halen was.

                        And she's popular in the music buzz.

                        ​​​​​​​Time marches on.

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                          #13
                          It's important to consider the times when Rose's ban took place. The Mafia had recently been exposed for paying off a number of college athletes to "shave points" in basketball games and even in some cases outright make "mistakes" to lose games.

                          It's rather doubtful that Rose bet against his own team but you never know, with the right amount of pressure from the right people anything is possible.
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