Pete Rose...To be Reinstated?

Barndog · July 27, 2009 6:17AM

sports bloggers and sports websites are talking this up - maybe as soon as August 2009. I favor the reinstatement.

jamesgotpoorman · July 27, 2009 6:53AM

just hear the same thing on the news

jackstraw · July 27, 2009 7:22AM

I am not sure how I feel on Pete Rose being reinstated. Even if he is he won't get close to enough votes
to get in the HOF.

Connecticoin · July 27, 2009 8:38AM

I'm against it. He has no remorse, and his disgusting display on the day of Eck's HOF induction sealed his fate for me.

Connecticoin · July 27, 2009 8:40AM

I'm against it. He has no remorse, and his disgusting display on the day of Eck's HOF induction sealed his fate for me.

Barndog · July 27, 2009 9:08AM

feel so strong about it you had to say it twice

JackWESQ · July 27, 2009 9:24AM

<< <i>Even if he is he won't get close to enough votes to get in the HOF. >>

That would be the true irony of it. All these years of waiting and waiting and once he finally gets on the ballot, he doesn't muster enough votes from the BBWAA.

/s/ JackWESQ

K · July 27, 2009 10:19AM

Sweet! Can't wait to start pulling Rose Relics and Autos out of some packs!

stevek · July 27, 2009 11:09AM

What's the over/under on his reinstatement? - Pete would like to know so he can bet on it.

Bottom9th · July 27, 2009 11:43AM

I hope he gets reinstated, but I think he's a ways away from the HOF unfortunately.

MantleMarisFordBerra · July 27, 2009 11:55AM

I really don't care about Rose. By all accounts he is a grade A piece of ____. Not that this should keep him out, but it does make it hard to root for him to get in. I'd rather see Andre Dawson make it - he deserves it. Look, Rose knew the rules, he knew the consequences. He's gotta deal with his decisions, just like you & I have to deal with the outcomes of decisions we make.

grote15 · July 27, 2009 12:59PM

Even if he is he won't get close to enough votes to get in the HOF. >>

That would be the true irony of it. All these years of waiting and waiting and once he finally gets on the ballot, he doesn't muster enough votes from the BBWAA.

/s/ JackWESQ

Well, he definitely won't ever get in via the BBWAA vote...his 15 years of eligibility following his retirement from baseball have long since passed, so the only way he can possibly get in would be through the Veteran's committee. While he has the support of a number of players (Schmidt, Morgan, and now Aaron apparently), there are many other members of the committee who won;t vote for him, so I'm not sure he'd get the 75% needed, at least on the first try.

Connecticoin · July 27, 2009 2:02PM

<< <i>feel so strong about it you had to say it twice

>>

I guess so -- a Freudian double-post!

stevek · July 27, 2009 4:20PM

Yea, let Pete in why not...i think they should allow betting at the ballpark same as in horse racing. Ya could bet on the game, bet on each inning, bet on each at bat, bet on each pitch...and Pete could be the Commissioner.

All kidding aside, if he truly shows remorse and makes the "right statements" against illegal gambling, then at that point he's got a decent chance to get in, perhaps even a definite chance if he does it correctly.

Trevmo · July 27, 2009 7:59PM

Betting booths at the ball park? That would be a pretty good idea. I would probably be there about 4 or 5 days a week instead of 1 or 2 times a month. Now that I think more about it, that's a pretty good idea.

jackstraw · July 27, 2009 11:28PM

<< <i> Even if he is he won't get close to enough votes to get in the HOF. >>

That would be the true irony of it. All these years of waiting and waiting and once he finally gets on the ballot, he doesn't muster enough votes from the BBWAA.

/s/ JackWESQ

Well, he definitely won't ever get in via the BBWAA vote...his 15 years of eligibility following his retirement from baseball have long since passed, so the only way he can possibly get in would be through the Veteran's committee. While he has the support of a number of players (Schmidt, Morgan, and now Aaron apparently), there are many other members of the committee who won;t vote for him, so I'm not sure he'd get the 75% needed, at least on the first try. >>

I figured he was never on the ballot so it made sense that he would serve his 15 years first then off to the veterans?

grote15 · July 28, 2009 8:51AM

< Even if he is he won't get close to enough votes to get in the HOF. >>

That would be the true irony of it. All these years of waiting and waiting and once he finally gets on the ballot, he doesn't muster enough votes from the BBWAA.

/s/ JackWESQ

Well, he definitely won't ever get in via the BBWAA vote...his 15 years of eligibility following his retirement from baseball have long since passed, so the only way he can possibly get in would be through the Veteran's committee. While he has the support of a number of players (Schmidt, Morgan, and now Aaron apparently), there are many other members of the committee who won;t vote for him, so I'm not sure he'd get the 75% needed, at least on the first try. >>

I figured he was never on the ballot so it made sense that he would serve his 15 years first then off to the veterans?

No, a player is ineligible for the BBWAA ballot if more than twenty years have passed since he was last active (5 years to become eligible for ballot plus 15 years maximum eligibility from that point for a total of 20 years), so Rose cannot be placed on the BBWAA ballot if he is reinstated under the current guidelines for HOF voting..

edit for spelling

WinPitcher · July 28, 2009 12:18PM

I doubt it.

The person that could have reinstated him died, no commish is going to go over Giammatti.

Steve

perkdog · July 29, 2009 7:56AM

First Ive heard of it, hopefully its true.

Go Pete Rose! HOF ect.. ect..

benderbroeth · July 29, 2009 11:35AM

who is the pete rose you speak of?

Pete Rose...To be Reinstated?

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