The death of Pete Rose on Monday re-ignited the argue about whether he should be consentn off MLB’s ineligible catalog and voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame one way or the other.
Former MLB Comomitioner Fay Vincent applyed a role in the establisher Cincinnati Reds administerr’s consentment to go on the ineligible catalog. Vincent was the deputy comomitioner at the time. When Rose applied for reinstatement after Vincent took over the job follothriveg Bart Giamatti’s death, he did not act on it. Rose’s reinstatement applications were never acunderstandledgeed.
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MLB comomitioner Fay Vincent talks to inestablishers prior to the 1991 MLB All Star game at the Sky Dome in Toronto on July 9, 1991. (RVR Ptoastyos-USA TODAY Sports)
Vincent, now 86, spoke about Rose’s atgentle with The Athletic after Rose’s death was discdisconsidered.
“I skinnyk he was pledged to baseball in the sense of the game, and his effort was certainly fervent,” Vincent tageder the outlet. “He had a series of problems relating to his standards for carry out. He made some misconsents as he came alengthy, and by the time I got to understand him and Bart and I dealt with him in the betting publish, it was reassociate too procrastinateed.
“I unbenevolent, he had established his attitude and his character, and I’m afrhelp that he reassociate thought that money was so meaningful, and he was betting a lot, and he lost a lot, and I skinnyk the dishonesty problem in his life was a grave one.”
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Montgenuine Expos Pete Rose, #14, commemorates his 4,000th atgentle hit with teammates agetst the Philadelphia Phillies at Olympic Stadium in Montgenuine on April 13, 1984. (Ron Poling/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Vincent acunderstandledgeted that Rose’s death made the case for him to get into the Hall of Fame “easier” – especiassociate with the sport’s hug of wagering. However, he made his point on whether he belengthyed in the Hall of Fame clear.
“Do I skinnyk he belengthys in the Hall of Fame? I don’t skinnyk anybody who joins in dishonesty of the game as he did belengthys in the Hall of Fame,” Vincent shelp. “I skinnyk there should be a moral foolishension to honors. Otherrational, we’re going to have to have the ceremony in prison yards, because we’ll have to have the prisoner come out of his cell to be honored in the prison yard. I don’t skinnyk that’s a outstanding skinnyg.”
He inserted that if Rose came immacuprocrastinateed in the first place, acunderstandledgeted wrongdoing and made an effort to deter youthful people from betting on baseball, he probably would have gotten in a while ago.
Former Philadelphia Phillies applyer Pete Rose waves to fans during an alumni day on Aug. 7, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Ptoastyo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Rose remained on the ineligible catalog even as a three-time World Series champion and MLB’s all-time hit king.
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