Pete Rose “Banned for Life” How do you allow the all-time hit leader, games played leader, and a multiple most valuable player to be banned from baseball for life? Maybe if this person bet on the game for which he gave his all. This is what happened to Pete Rose. Although Rose set and still holds many major league baseball records, the league has refused to lift its ban to allow one of the greatest …showed first 75 words of 746 total…

…showed last 75 words of 746 total…man was a blue collar, everyday laborer. He deserves all the praise and glory every great baseball player deserves. Until there is some sufficient evidence that Rose “threw” games, he should not be looked down upon by the league and the fans of this wonderful game. A fellow baseball enthusiast put this issue to rest in one minor statement; “Pete Rose was a great player and EARNED his spot in the Hall of Fame. (Gibbons)