[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]BBriere wrote:
I used to agree with Pete Rose until I heard a statement by Orel Hershiser. He said that every baseball player in the Major Legues must sign an oath that if they ever gamble on baseball they will be banned for life. This goes back to the controversy over the 1918 World Series.
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Yeah? Well, FUCK Oral Headshiner, too!
Maybe Pete deserves a big freaking sign below his picture in a back room at the Hall of Fame that says:
Pete Rose
“This Son-of-a-Bitch, after he retired from active play, broke his oath not to bet on baseball. But, he earned his place in this building. He’s one real Asshole for sure, but man, could he play baseball.”
* Major League records:
o Most career hits - 4,256
o Most career outs - 10,328
o Most career games played - 3,562
o Most career at bats - 14,053
o Most career singles - 3,215
o Most career runs by a switch hitter - 2,165
o Most career doubles by a switch hitter - 746
o Most career walks by a switch hitter - 1,566
o Most career total bases by a switch hitter - 5,752
o Most seasons of 200 or more hits - 10
o Most consecutive seasons of 100 or more hits - 23
o Most consecutive seasons with 600 or more at bats - 13 (1968â??1980)
o Most seasons with 600 at bats - 17
o Most seasons with 150 or more games played - 17
o Most seasons with 100 or more games played - 23
o Record for playing in the most winning games - 1,972
o Only player in major league history to play more than 500 games at five different positions - 1B (939), LF (671), 3B (634), 2B (628), RF (595)
* National League records:
o Most years played - 24
o Most consecutive years played - 24
o Most career runs - 2,165
o Most career doubles - 746
o Most career games with 5 or more hits - 10
o Modern (post-1900) record for longest consecutive game hitting streak - 44
o Modern record for most consecutive hitting streaks of 20 or more games - 7
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Pete Rose is a piece of shit. One of the best hitters of all time but one of the biggest POS in baseball history. And as long as ‘character’ is a criterion guys like him wont get in.
Furthermore, he isnt even elliggible. His name isnt on the ballot because he put himself on the banned list. He did that so the Feds who were going to expose his gambling would keep quiet. He wanted to save his reputation and then lied about it for 12 years. Then Bart Giamatti died and none of the new commissioners want to insult him by taking Rose off the banned list.
When you have half the guys in the HOF and half the guys who played at the same time as him say theyd boycott the HOF is Rose got in that says something.
Let him in when he is on his deathbed but he shouldnt get the glory that everyone else gets. No one is going to take his hits away. He’s fine where he is.