RIP Pete Rose

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Right.

'Baseball' is the reason Rose never got in. Honestly, I think the BBWAA would've put him in had he actually been on the ballot (because the hero worship among men of a particular age for Pete Rose simply knows no bounds; it's positively Bruce Springsteen-esque).

But the BBWAA decided not to put those other guys in on their own. And many of them DID vote for them and suffered no negative repercussions for it, so it's not as though Bud Selig was back there threatening to pull their credentials or anything.

'Baseball' isn't why those guys didn't make it. Baseball writers are.

No baseball player is in Springsteen's league. In fact, Springsteen should be in the baseball hall of fame on pure principle.