If you let Pete Rose back in then what do you do with McGwire, Bonds, Palmero, etc? He wasn't a player when he did this, he was a manager -- he betrayed the trust given to him in the most offensive manner. And his actions after he bet on baseball, i.e., the twisted PR game he's been playing for years, is actually more sickening. Just cause he's not in the HOF doesn't mean he's not a part of baseball history. His stats are clean and his place is secure -- just not in the HOF. Keep him out, make the penalties for cheaters severe and maybe one day a cheater may think twice before breaking the rules.
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