Instant Access To 100,000+ Essays!

Why isn't Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame? It's a question most worthy of being asked, yet the reasons he's not leave a bad taste in my mouth. Pete Rose doesn't just belong in the Hall of Fame, a statue of him should be standing outside the building. Old teammates who were perhaps more talented, but didn't accomplish as much for nearly as long continue to parade in, while baseball's all-time hit king sits and waits for forgiveness. Johnny Bench is in, Tom Seaver is in, Joe Morgan is in, Tony Perez is knocking on the door, but Rose, who would have been eligible for the Hall in 1992, hangs in the balance. For those who are not baseball fans, and haven't a clue as to what I am taking about let me try and some it up. Ten years ago baseball great Pete Rose was given a lifetime ban from the game for allegedly betting on games involving the team he was coaching at the time the Cincinnatti Reds, the very same team played for and gave his heart to for nineteen seasons. Due to this baseball "death" sentence he is ineligible for induction into the Hall of Fame. Rule five in the guidelines for induction states, "Any player on Baseball's ineligible list shall not be eligible for the Hall of Fame"(Pre-amble1932). Rose has appealed hi