Barry Bonds is an asshole too. Mickey Mantle wasn't that great of a guy. I'm sure a few other HOFers cared as much about the money as the accomplishment. But I can GUARANTEE you right now that Rose does not want to be re-instated and put in the HOF just to charge more for an autograph. The man loved the game, that's why he wants in.

If anything, Rose shamed the Reds. But isnt the HOF a shrine to the greatest baseball players to live, not a shrine to the great players who also led perfectly moral lives?

The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame: Where the best of the best are enshrined for their baseball careers. Yeah, their baseball careers not their lives outside of baseball, even if their actions may have had something to do with baseball.

And, it's safe to say that Rose didn't leave pitchers in too long purposely, etc. because he was a great manager and had a winning ballclub. Besides did you miss the memo where he didn't bet AGAINST the Reds?
J.D.
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