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Pete bet on baseball, yes but that has nothing to do with what he did between the chalk lines.
First, he bet on baseball. While he was playing baseball and while he was managing. He bet on his own team in games he played in... and he has lied about it all along. The only times he has 'come clean' is when he has been forced to by overwhelming evidence. Did he bet against his own team in games he had control over? Did he ever throw a game? We will never be able to say he didn't with any amount of confidence. He has all the numbers that matter to be in the Hall, but he should forever be OUT.
I think Bonds and ARod should get in... eventually, they were generational talents playing during the steroid era, they faced opponents who were chemically on the same 'playing field'. I personally despise both of them, but with Bonds it is pretty easy to make a case for 'Best Ever' and ARod isn't very far off. Personally, I don't think steroids skewed the numbers as much as segregation did, Nobody is putting asterisks on Babe Ruth or Walter Johnson's Cooperstown plaque. Each era needs to be looked at for what it was, the steroid era boosted performance and lengthened careers. It didn't make mediocre players Hall of Fame players.
In closing- F**k Pete Rose, I wouldn't let him into the Hall of Fame even if he bought a ticket.