Report: Selig contemplating reinstating Pete Rose

[ColdBlooded]

Report: Selig contemplating reinstating Pete Rose

By Sports Network
The Sports Network
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/1159417.html

Major League Baseball commissioner Bug Selig is reportedly considering reinstating the sport's all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, from his lifetime ban from the sport.

According to the New York Daily News, Hall of Famer Hank Aaron told several reporters he would like to see Rose as a member of the Hall in Cooperstown. The comments apparently held some weight with commissioner Selig.

The report states former teammates and Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Frank Robinson also expressed their desire to see Rose's ban lifted.

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling by then-commissioner Bart Giamatti, who served as baseball's head man for only five months until a tragic heart attack.

Should Rose, who totaled 4,256 hits in 24 seasons with Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Montreal, be reinstated, he would have to be elected to the Hall of Fame through the Veterans Committee, rather than the Baseball Writers of America ballot, as his 15 years of eligibility expired during his banishment.

 

[Chree]

Yes he should be reinstated, fuck the bullshit, aint like he was roiding,

 

[Rich]

He should be in the HOF as a player, not as a coach.

 

[P.E.]

how the fuck are you not gonna enshrine the all time hits leader!...fuck the bullshit!..thats a solid record he achieved that wasnt broken or tarnished cuz he was using steroids!..to me,that was the last real record to get broken in m.l.b!,..not the single season home run record or the all time home run record,..them shits was tarnish and not real feats in my eyes!..pete has the last real natural feat to ever be broken!..its ashame!

and yea i agree,as a coach the ban should stand,but as a player,..let the man in already!

 

[savage]

Well, Aaron was in the lobby of the storied Otesaga Hotel when he commented about Rose. But as for Rose ever being welcomed there on induction weekend, don't bet on it.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...ll-pete-rose-jul28,0,2635572.column?track=rss

I think Rose deserves to be in the HOF as a player.

 

[PsyDaL]

Id like to see him in the HOF. Accept him as a player and what he contributed to the history of baseball and not his wrong doings....

 

[short]

pete rose deserves to be in the hall of fame...so what if he gambled on games...u know he wasnt the only player doin that