Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall Of Fame?
As far as his playing ability is concerned, Pete Rose would be in the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose made a mistake. Pete Rose gambled on baseball and he said he didn’t. Pete should have said, “Mr. Giamatti, yes, I was wrong.” What would have happened to Pete, maybe (the commissioner) suspends him for five years, maybe 10 years. But Pete Rose would have been in the Hall of Fame by now. But Pete was going to be bigger than baseball. That’s what he was going to be, and that didn’t work. And right now, the commissioner could make him eligible. But right now, he’s got to get 75 percent of the votes from the Hall of Famers to get into the Hall of Fame. I don’t think Pete’s ever going to make it. Sheldon Spencer is an editor at ESPN.com.
