Rose -Hall of Fame ---Has the time come ??

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What about Shoeless Joe Jackson?

And of course, eventually Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's new commissioner, permanently suspended all eight of the so-called "Black Sox" from organized baseball. However, none of them were officially ineligible for Baseball's Hall of Fame. It wasn't until 1991, in response to the Pete Rose "situation," that the Hall ruled that players on baseball's ineligible list would not be considered for election. And so finally, after 70 years, the Hall of Fame's doors were officially barred to Shoeless Joe Jackson.

 

[ZQXC]

Lower the standards for everything
Mediocre is good enough
The local school district does not allow teachers to give a grade below 55 (don't want to discourage the non-achievers)

 

[island1fox]

"This is the Major League rule in question. It is not vague, and it is well known to all players and coaches:
Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.

Dowd collected gambling ledgers, bank and phone records and court documents. He took depositions from Rose’s friends who placed bets for him, from one of his bookies, from Rose himself. He found that Rose was betting five to 10 games a day, every day, in basketball, football, hockey and baseball, at about $2,000 a game. In one month, Rose lost more than $67,000, and he was deeply in debt to the bookies, including $200,000 in the hole at one point to a Staten Island bookie linked to the Mafia. He refused to pay substantial debts to his bookies at various times, witnesses told Dowd, and that can get a guy in a heap of trouble"
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Jones,

Very Interesting. Major league Baseball has a Rule against betting.

How many Major and Minor League Baseball Stadiums have huge Billboards and Advertising for Vegas-Casinos -Gambling etc etc etc !! ??

I have not seen any Advertising for Illegal Steroids !!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Purchasing a ticket to a MLB game does not require the bearer to adhere to the rules Jones outlined above.


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[island1fox]

Sounds like a typical "double standard"
Gambling is o/k for the owners if they make money .

I purchase a ticket to be subjected to Gambling Advertising --the act that is banned by baseball--??

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Some may say signing a player to a multi year contract is a gamble in and of itself.


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[dropNbolt]

Hey 1fox, rose signed himself out of the game for life as part of an agreement to not admit guilt on his behalf. He ed up by doing that. His bad....what's also his bad is his signing balls for money outside the hall each year during ceremonies. Read his book. He admits he's a tool...... When he's dead, he'll be in.