Do you think it is time to remove Pete Rose's Ban?

2015-07-10T04:08:53-04:00

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13228018/pete-rose-hopes-meet-commissioner-rob-manfred-open-almost-anything-regarding-possibility-reinstatement

Pete Rose hopes to meet commissioner Rob Manfred, open to 'almost anything' regarding possibility...

Pete Rose says he's "open to almost anything" that commissioner Rob Manfred might have in mind for reinstatement when they discuss his lifetime ban for betting on baseball.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jul 10 at 2015 4:25 AM

2015-07-10T04:25:59-04:00

It's BEEN time to lift his ban and vote him into the Hall of Fame!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2015 4:48 AM

2015-07-10T04:48:45-04:00

let me get this straight, professional athletes can beat their wives and girlfriends and do drugs, and nothing happens, but this guy is gambling and gets barred for life from baseball? Sounds fair to me.

Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Jul 10 at 2015 5:07 AM

2015-07-10T05:07:45-04:00

Pete Rose has suffered almost more than anyone else who ever played the game. He played, he managed, and although his time was certainly not without controversy he was without a doubt one of a kind !!

Now he has been punished enough, and deserves, at the very least, to be able to once again officially walk with his "colleagues" on the field, and hopefully in the end, have his rightful place in Cooperstown.

Response by SFC Stephen King made Jul 10 at 2015 5:21 AM

2015-07-10T05:21:54-04:00

It is time. This is a case of personal vs professional. The fact is he bet on baseball and he also was one of the best hitters in baseball. We can debate the two but I personally feel it's time for "Charlie Hustle" to be in the hall.

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made Jul 10 at 2015 5:24 AM

2015-07-10T05:24:00-04:00

It seems to me that other professional athletes have done far worse and suffered far less ... yes, it is time to remove the ban.

Response by CPL Dan McCready made Jul 10 at 2015 5:32 AM

2015-07-10T05:32:13-04:00

Absolutely, if they are accepting Barry Bonds' "record" setting home run, A-Roid's 3000th career hit, let Charlie Hustle back in the game. He admitted he bet on the game, where others took the Lance Armstrong approach and denied doing anything wrong, or when caught they make a "momentary lapse in judgement, and completely regret their actions." All PR hogwash.

Response by MSG Brad Sand made Jul 10 at 2015 10:27 AM

2015-07-10T10:27:18-04:00

No. Not after more evidence keeps coming out that he even lied about what he was caught lying about.

Response by SCPO Charles Thomas "Tom" Canterbury made Dec 20 at 2015 1:16 PM

2015-12-20T13:16:52-05:00

I think it's a double standard. Evidently he pissed off some who were much bigger than the MLB commissioner because no one else has been banned from MLB since to my knowledge. It makes me not want to watch MLB anymore because in other sports more severe infractions occurred and nothing was done about it. Case in point, the New England Patriots and "Deflate Gate." Shameful and clouds the whole Super Bowl 49 win...

Response by CPT Richard Riley made Dec 20 at 2015 1:33 PM

2015-12-20T13:33:41-05:00

Well, I can say this - I grew up with Pete's kids & have known him since the early 70's. I don't think I have ever met another person who eats, drinks, and sleeps baseball like he does. On the field, there were few who could match his tenacity for the game ... and today most pale in the shadow he cast as a player. On the other hand, as a person, as a human being he is certainly not a role model. That said, what does it have to do with playing baseball between the white chalk lines?
If he is judged solely on the merits of playing the game of baseball, there is a clear answer. If character is made part of the mix, that muddles the question and the answer. It also calls into question a multitude of other inductees whose crimes are overlooked and they walk through the door. That makes you wonder about the whole membership of the hall of fame.