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Controversial Pete Rose to be inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame?
August 10, 2009
Peter Rose definitely deserves a second chance.
There are reports claiming that MLB commissioner Bud Selig is considering lifting the lifetime ban on should-be Hall of Famer Pete Rose, saying that Selig was close to letting the game’s all-time hits leader back in the game.
Before Rose entered the recognizable door on a possible reinstatement this 2009 MLB baseball season, Selig slammed it again. Ugh.
It has been nearly 20 years since Pete Rose was banned from baseball by late commissioner Bart Giamatti following allegations that he gambled on the sport that gave him a different name, ‘’Charlie Hustle’’ and made him one of the most adored players in baseball.
In his final decision, Giamatti concluded that Rose violated Major League Rule 21 and was placed on the ineligible list on Aug. 23, 1989.
No one knows whether or not Giamatti, who passed away a few weeks after issuing the ban, had planned to reinstate Rose in the future, but one thing is for certain, Rose has paid his dues and even admitted to gambling on baseball when he released a book five years ago.
Rose definitely deserves a second chance, which is what life is all about, second chances and learning from past mistakes. Even Hank Aaron himself has hinted recently that Rose deserves a second chance.
Rose the manager may have broken the rules, but Rose the player was one of the best to ever put on a uniform and one of the best players in the history of the Cincinnati Reds.
He deserves to be back in baseball, and more importantly, the Hall of Fame.
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