Pete Rose deserves nothing. He was stubborn and thought he didn't need baseball. He pretty much spat in the face Baseball. He thought he could live without the honors. He was an idiot. He was arrogant. For 14 years, everyone knew he committed the biggest sin in sports by gambling, but he would not come clean. So when Pete Rose understood that his eligebility for the Hall was coming to a end in a year, he tries to pull a fast one and says, "hey I could be an a$$hole for all this time and now all I have to do is admit I gambled, and everyone will be fine with it". I say let him pay for his mistake and his stubbornness and his arrogance. If Baseball feels pity, then let him in, but he deserves nothing. I would put Shoeless Joe Jackson in the Hall of Fame way before I put Charlie Hustle in.
choner