Three reasons why Pete Rose, RIP, must be inducted into the baseball hall of fame

[N.S.: As my longtime VDARE colleague, Steve Sailer, noted, he was banned from baseball for life, "not eternity,"—and now, he’s dead.

The fraudulent records of all sorts of cheaters (Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez, et al.), none of whom has been banned, are maintained, writers are permitted to vote for them for the hall, and at least one (Pudge Rodriguez) has been inducted.

And one player, Ohtani, who will forever be under the cloud of a gambling scandal, has been permitted to continue playing, and breaking records.]

Pete Rose rounds the bases for the last time—dead at 83
By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, september 30, 2024 at 9:34:00 p.m. edt

“(Breitbart) major league baseball’s all-time hit leader, Pete Rose, died monday at his home in las vegas, according to tmz sports.

“He was 83 years old.

“Pete’s agent, Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman sports, confirmed the news, saying, ‘the family is asking for privacy at this time,’ tmz sports reports.

[N.S.: Go to hell; he was a public figure.]

“Rose’s accomplishments as a player are the stuff of legend.

“during his 24-year career, which was almost entirely spent with the reds and phillies, the player known as ‘Charlie hustle’ amassed 4,256 hits (an mlb record), 160 home runs, 1,314 rbis, and a lifetime batting average of .303.

“in addition, he was named to the mlb all-star game 17 times and became the 1973 nl mvp. Rose also won three world series titles with the reds and phillies.

“Rose returned to the reds as a player-manager in 1986. three years later, in 1989, then-mlb commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti signed an agreement in which Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in return for the league not making a formal determination about whether or not he had bet on baseball.

“the agreement gave Rose some leeway to say he never wagered on baseball. however, in the mid-2000s, he eventually admitted that he had.

“though Rose eventually gained entry into the Reds hall of fame, mlb never rescinded its ban.”

GRA: Back in the day, Rose had a hitting streak that was approaching Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game all-time streak. wgn-tv was broadcasting the cubs on free tv at the time and I was glued to the set for every cincy/cub game. Each at bat was dramatic and I don’t recall if Rose’s streak ended during those games—which finally ended at 44. One of my favorite players—intense was an understatement—back when baseball was enjoyable.

--GRA