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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Before anyone seriously considers Jackson or Rose as Hall of Fame material, I ask them to educate themselves a bit.

First, read, The Fix is In, A History of Baseball Gambling and Game Fixing Scandals, by Daniel Ginsburg.

Then read The Beer And Whiskey League, by David Nemec.

Then read The Politics of Glory, by Bill James. The 1994 edition is the better one.


After that, consider the Dowd Report, you can Google and find the report and the exhibits.


Gambling was the ultimate evil for baseball. Look at what is likely with the NBA referee mess. He owes the gamblers money, does he change his calls for them to lessen his debt??? Gambling isn't like murder, drug dealing, cocaine, steroids, or anything else, when it comes to how it affects professional baseball. If you've read those books and understand the roots of the game, you'll then see that Joe and Pete were great players, fierce competitors, winners... players who do not belong in the Hall of Fame.