Pete Rose Expects To Be In The Hall Of Fame
Peter Rose was blacklisted from baseball in 1989, and while he is one of the greatest players to ever step on the diamond, he may not see his day in Cooperstown.
If you ask Pete Rose, that is the belief he is under. Rose, who was blacklisted from baseball for gambling on the sport, believes that his date with the MLB Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, is just a phone call away. The question, is, when will that phone call to the former Cincinnati Reds great take place?
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Pete Rose, maybe better known as “Charlie Hustle,” is the Major League Baseball all time hits leader. He was one of the greatest players to ever step into the batters box, and a few poor off of the field decisions have kept him from his rightful place in baseball lore.
The sad situation is starting to set in however. As Rose ages, his day in the Hall of Fame may come without him.
CBS Sunday Morning asked Pete Rose if he believed he would ever make it to Cooperstown, and he said, “Yes … sure. I don’t know if I’m going to live to see it.” He went on to say, “Someone, at some period of time, will feel it in their heart to give me a second chance. I might be six feet under, but that’s what you have to live with.”
Rose has been banned from baseball since August of 1989, although he has since applied for reinstatement in September 1997. He met with current MLB commissioner, Bud Selig, in November 2002.
During the All Star Break, Selig was asked about Rose’s reinstatement and said, “It’s under advisement. My standard line. I’m the judge, and that’s where it will stay. Nothing new in that statement, I understand.”
The response Selig had to the current status of Rose represents baseball’s distaste with Bud throughout his tenure. A man who is now out to get PED users after all but advocating for steroids to run rampant as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa brought the long ball back into the picture. Selig has been an arrogant leader, and baseball is ready for its change.
As Rob Manfred steps up to the plate as the next commissioner of America’s Favorite Pastime, he has an Adam Silver like opportunity. Much along the lines of Silver establishing his greatness in his handling of Donald Stern, Manfred can reinstate Rose and watch as baseball praises him for it.
What Pete Rose did as a manager is something that should never be tolerated, but what Charlie Hustle did for the game and the ability he showed on it deserves to be enshrined among the greats.
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