Rose requests to be reinstated

[rats60]

Originally Posted by brewing

I agree. There were no rules in MLB on steroids.

Plus, not that it matters much but he's such a narcissist, i don't think he deserves to enjoy it.

Steve Howe wants that year of his career back. There were rules against steroids. They are illegal drugs and covered under baseball's substance abuse policy. Fay Vincent in 1991 sent out a memo to all teams reminding them that steroids were banned. Players were suspended during the 80s for use of illegal drugs. There is no difference between Rose and Bonds, Clemens, etc.

[bigtrain]

I don't like Pete Rose. Didn't like him as a player. Don't like him now. He is nicer to fans now since he sells his autograph to make a living but he is still a jerk IMHO. At the time he was banned from baseball, Rose was only 48 years old. He could have managed or coached for another 20 years or so. He will be 74 next month so it is fair to say that he will never have an active field job again even if he were reinstated tomorrow. He has lost a lot and has only himself to blame. If I thought he was truly remorseful, it wouldn't bother me to see Rose have a Hall of Fame plaque although I doubt I would be interested in his induction speech. On the other hand, Rose did serve time for tax evasion. Are there any other convicted felons in the HoF? Other than Orlando Cepeda?

[autograf]

A vote for 'In'. Keep him out of managing, owning, etc anything to do with BB but as a player, he deserves to be in. I don't think he would have ever made it as a manager anyway as his teams weren't exactly setting the world on fire. As for his cards, I don't think that matters either way if he's in or out. They're in a pretty static trading range to begin with. As for his earning potential from autos/etc, I don't see that going exponentially up or anything anyway.

Bottom line, if they're not going to reinstate him, stop trotting him out at events that benefit Major League Baseball and don't let him come back to Great American Ballpark for the 2015 All Star Game as has been said that will happen. The hypocrisy on MLB's part makes them look no better. My belief is something will happen between now and the All Star Game to get him back into baseball. Will he ever get in the HOF? It'll be a tough road but I think he will be back in BB.