Pete Rose
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Pete Rose
Bart Giamatti’s decision to ban Pete Rose from the Baseball Hall of Fame was
not a fair decision at all. Pete Rose was placed on Baseball’s ineligible list
in 1989 when commissioner of baseball, Bart Giamatti concluded that Rose had bet
on baseball games, including games involving his own team, the Cincinnati Reds.
In an agreement made with Baseball, Rose accepted his banishment from the sport.
Although he never admitted to having gambled on baseball games(McCarver 44).
Pete Rose was a phenomenal baseball player and manager. He was accused of
gambling. His team while he was managing was supposedly involved. Bart
Giamatti’s severe punishment of Pete Rose is a very controversial topic in the
world of sports. There are a few rules that must have been followed to be
inducted to the Hall of Fame. The one that is keeping Rose away is rule five.
Rule five states: Voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing
ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team or
teams on which the player played (Hemmer 85). This rule has been tested and
beaten many times. Many players have entered the Baseball Hall of Fame such as
the very unllikeable Ty Cobb, the drinking Babe Ruth, the umpire abusing John
McGraw, the racist Cap Anson, Gaylord Perry a suspected cheater, and the
gambling Leo Durocher. Those are just a few of the baseball players who somehow
made into the Hall of Fame and got passed rule five (Will 225). Pete Rose’s
problem was not even as severe as all of these other men. The argument to this
is that if these men can make it into the Hall of Fame why is Pete Rose banned.
It is obvious that these players made it there with just their playing abilities
and not by all of the other characteristics needed to be inducted into the Hall
of Fame (Will 226). Pete Rose started playing professional baseball in 1960 in
the minor leagues and by 1963 he reached the Major Leagues as a rookie second
baseman with the National League’s Cincinnati Reds. Rose won the National
League’s Rookie of the Year Award for 1963. He spent most of his 24 year
career playing with the Reds, Rose also played with the Phillies and the Expos.
In 1985 Rose broke one of the most “unbreakable” records of all time, by
passing out Ty Cobb for the most career hits ever (US fans n.p.). Rose holds
many records, some of which are: most games played, most at bats, and most
singles by a major league baseball player. All of these statistics are
definitely Hall of Fame...
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