How was Pete Rose able to be honored on the field at the All-Star Game if he is banned from baseball? Although MLB has prohibited him from working in baseball, they are unable to refute his existence. Leaving him out would have made them look foolish, even petty, as they were going to honor the four greatest Reds players of all time in Cincinnati, especially if the disgruntled fans had begun screaming his name. Though, in my opinion, Rose has always been a true jerk, prohibiting him from attending that ceremony would have just damaged MLB’s reputation and increased support for him. While many Reds supporters would have been upset if he hadn’t been present, no one is complaining that he was.
Should Pete Rose and other individuals who have been prohibited from entering the Hall of Fame be permitted if MLB permits him to “hold records”? He is not permitted to “hold records.” He is the owner of them since he merited them. What would you have them do, erase Major League Baseball’s whole existence from 1963 to 1989 in order to deny Pete Rose’s existence? This kind of nonsense is done by the NCAA, which declares some records to be “vacated.” However, any legitimate record book ignores these decisions and documents the real events, not the NCAA’s fictionalized version of events.
In reality, though, Peter Edward Rose Sr. was the greatest player in MLB history in terms of hits, plate appearances, and at-bats. He also participated in the most MLB games of any player in history. For all of that, he doesn’t require MLB’s approval because those are facts and not anything that anyone permits.
Now that’s out of the way, I have believed for a long time that Pete Rose deserves to be allowed to return to baseball. Since he has come clean and there is no proof that he ever threw a game, a 30-year exclusion from the game is more than sufficient. I don’t understand how he poses a threat to the integrity of the game, given his advanced age of over 78 years and his inability to manage again. Therefore, I believe it’s appropriate to release him from baseball’s equivalent of jail.
He ought to be admitted into the Hall of Fame after that is finished. In any case, he’s already present in the shape of several exhibits. When it comes to the game’s past, Pete Rose is unavoidable.
