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Originally Posted by steve B
It's always interesting how people in a baseball collecting hobby support Rose, who did some pretty crummy things to damage the hobby itself.
Like selling multiple bats as "the bat" from a landmark hit.
And less seriously, but a glimpse of things to come
Sold loads of "game used" bats etc that were only used for one AB or part of one AB.
And amazingly he gets a pass on all that.
Seriously Rose supporters- His card already gets the price it "should" there won't be any big bump if they drop all standards and let him in.
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On the contrary, their exclusion from the Hall has propped up the prices of their cards to well above what people would otherwise pay for them. They were fine players, but Eddie Collins and Joe Morgan were certainly better.