Phillies cancel Pete Rose wall of fame induction amid sex scandal

Sporting News ^ | 8/2/2017 | Bob Hille

[lacrew]

 "attorneys asked Rose to identify every person under age 18 Rose refused, saying the request was too broad."

Yikes

[lacrew]

Did you read the article. This came out as a result of a lawsuit filed by Rose.

[Ouderkirk]

I respect Charlie Hustle for his accomplishemts on the field.

Does he belong in Cooperstown.....NO

He violated Rule #21 about betting on his own team.....

Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.

He knew the risk of caught. But didn't have the character to not go there.

Permanent means: continuing or enduring without fundamental or marked change

After he croaks we can revisit his eligibility.

[pgkdan]

Pete Rose played the game the way it should be played. He belongs in the HOF. Period. All the other stuff is things for people to get upset over and convince themselves that he is unworthy for Cooperstown.

Can't agree. There's only one rule in baseball that prominently displayed in every locker room, club house and medical facility in MLB and that's rule 21. Thou shall not bet on baseball. It's been that way since the 1920's following the 1919 WS debacle. Pete knew and he bet anyway. No dice.

[Hot Tabasco]

He should have taken a year off and gone and played basketball till the heat died down.........

[dfwgator]

Exactly. The Black Sox Scandal almost destroyed the game.

[dfwgator]

He should have taken a year off and gone and played basketball till the heat died down.........

[anton]

Very diligent player. Not such a nice person.

[pgkdan]

Yep...and nearly 100 years later people still get worked up about it.

[treetopsandroofs]

Didn’t it take him 30 years to ADMIT it?

Lance Armstrong has more character, but not much more.

[Rufii]

O. J. Simpson played the game the way it should be played. He belongs in the HOF. Period. All the other stuff is things for people to get upset over and convince themselves that he is unworthy for Canton.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Very diligent player. Not such a nice person.

They should give him the Ty Cobb Award

[discostu]

He broke the big rule, the big rule posted on a sign NEXT TO the phone he used to break it. The punishment for breaking that rule is banned for life. I agree he belongs in the HOF, first induction class after his funeral. With a full copy of the Dowd Report.

[Gamecock]

Yeah. He was diddling underage girls. BUT he was a great ball player, so who cares? </sarc>

[bar sin·is·ter]

He still can't sell his friggin house.

[dfwgator]

[WKUHilltopper]

“Well, social security really sucks. Let’s see if I can come up with a book deal and the talk show circuit bringing up sh*t that happened 40 years ago.”

[littleharbour]

Rose was, is and always will be a Pig. OJ was a great running back. Rose was a great ball player. They both disgust me. Being a celebrity shouldn’t give you a free pass on decency.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I want one of those bobbleheads.

Charlie Hustle was one of the best baseball players of all time.

[Forgotten Amendments]

Shocked! Shocked!

Imagine if the Rock & Roll HOF had such standards!

A lot of people weren’t around back in the ‘70s.