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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
How 'bout admitting him as a player and omitting all references to Rose as a manager? I haven't heard any allegations that he bet on games while he was playing. Or did the betting occur during the player/manager days?
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He's being voted on as a player. He stayed to long and bet as a manager. Question for baseball is: do you readmit him. Question for the hall is: do you allow a vote for the hall, on the merits, of players who are permanently banned (including shoeless joe). question for the voters is: is his managerial gambling relevant to the merits of his hall-worthiness. I think the two should be separate, and his gambling as a manager is irrelevant to his worthiness as a player. If he gambled while he was a player, then, yeah, no way he gets in. I do think he should be in the hall because of his acocmplishments as a player. I also think he should never, ever be allowed to set foot on a major league baseball field during a game.
