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In Jon Saraceno’s article, “Rose’s Wrong Can’t Be Undone (USA Today, 12.16.2002) he defends the1989 decision of Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti that banned Pete Rose from Major League baseball for life. The decision followed a legal review that insinuated that Rose placed bets on major league games. Because of this ban, Pete Rose is also ineligible to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Saraceno’s article may be correct; Pete Rose may be a gambler and not an honest man. However, in my opinion, Rose is an outstanding athlete who deserves to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. To support my opinion, I will begin with the writer’s statement that “Gambling is baseball’s ultimate sin.” I agree that gambling is morally offensive. It is true that gamblers, like racists, drunks, and abusive husbands, lack integrity. Consequently, there are a number of Hall of Fame individuals who would rate low in the character and integrity areas. The very unlikable Ty Cobb, the drinking and womanizing Babe Ruth, t