[Dilbert San Diego]

Pere Rose the player holds some all time records,and is among the top players in baseball history based on his 20+ year playing career.

Pete Rose the man broke baseball rules by gambling on baseball.

How to reconcile all of that. That is the question I always have.

[TexasCajun]

Agreed. ...I like Charlie Hustle but what to do?

If only MLB had made Pete retire and play a few seasons of basketball, he'd be in the HOF now.

After the Bulls won their third championship, the NBA launched an investigation into Jordan's gambling problems to check whether he had violated any league rules. Then, four months later Jordan stunned the world by suddenly retiring from professional basketball.

Jordan then decided to play minor league baseball in the White Sox organization, even though he would've had trouble hitting a beach ball, yet alone a baseball. In 102 games with the Barons, Jordan had a .202 average along with 3 homers, 51 RBI, 30 stolen bases, 114 strikeouts, and a .555 OPS.