Pete Rose Research Paper

Pete Rose, all time hit leader in the MLB, is banned from the Hall of Fame. Rose, a player and coach for the Cincinnati Reds, gambled on a numerous amount of games for the Reds to win while he was a coach. With this the MLB banned him from being on the ballet to gain entrance into the Hall of Fame. People still debate wether or not Rose should be allowed in the Hall of Fame. Supports of Rose say He only gambeled when he was a manager not a player while people against him say that gambling in MLB as a player and or coach is illegal within the league.
Rose is now notorious for gambling while he was manager for the Cincinnati Reds. With his crime against the MLB, people think he should be recognized as a player and not as a manager. Jayson Stark, senior writer for ESPN, writes, “I would like to volunteer for a job no one in baseball will hire me to do. I would like to be the guy who writes Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame plague”() Stark believes that Rose should be able to enter into the Hall of Famed to his accomplishments as a baseball player not as a manager. Rose had 4,256 hit over his…

Victor Barbose think that Pete Rose should not be allowed in the Hall of Fame. Barbose quotes Rob Manfred, MLB commissioner, “…..The rule is clear that if you bet on baseball you will be banished for life”(). This rule has been in effect with baseball since the beginning of its existence. Rose admitted to betting during his time as manager for the Cincinnati Reds, but not as a player. Barbose Strongly states that, “in majority of cases, we’re all for giving second chances to people. Sometimes though, due to the nature of the crime or misdeed, forgiving the individual seems implausible”(). Even though sometime we come clean with our crimes, sometimes you are unable to gain the forgiveness of others. Rose has yet to put that charm on people to put his name back on the…