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Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, others, reinstated by MLB, now eligible for HOF voting

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Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe HOF-eligible as MLB lifts ban

The all-time hit king and Jackson -- both longtime baseball pariahs stained by gambling, seen by MLB as the game's mortal sin -- are now presumably eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of F...

It was obvious they were going to do that, they should have just let the dude in while he was alive. Idgaf if he was a piece of shit, I’m not a priest, I’m a baseball fan and he set what I think is one of the TRULY un-breakable records and Pete Rose THE BASEBALL PLAYER deserved to be recognized for it. Just pettiness on the side of MLB.

Edited by marlinsmaniac

Huge Pete fan as a kid but I can see both sides of the argument, truly a great team player and holder of several MLB records including the obvious being the Hit King, but he tarnished whatever accolades he achieved by breaking the cardinal rule of the game.

So, I'm glad that he's now eligible and feel it's appropriate he didn't get to experience it in his lifetime.

40 minutes ago, fanofthefish said:

Huge Pete fan as a kid but I can see both sides of the argument, truly a great team player and holder of several MLB records including the obvious being the Hit King, but he tarnished whatever accolades he achieved by breaking the cardinal rule of the game.

So, I'm glad that he's now eligible and feel it's appropriate he didn't get to experience it in his lifetime.

He would have been a unanimous first ballot hall of famer…stripping him of just that first ballot title would have been enough. If you like that they took his happiness over something that DOES NOT effect you personally then that says more about you than him.

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