I'm in the apparent minority here but I say he should go in. His crime is not in line with the banned players from the 19 series. If he had intentionally thrown any game then it's obvious to ban him but that's not the case. The way I understand it , he bet on the Reds to win and on other major league games.
Baseball is a game of the people, 80% fan support is an awfully big number to argue against. I don't like what Pete Rose did but I have a bigger issue with steroids and certainly with the 19th century racists that seem to get a free pass.
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