[Old School Hound]

I have no doubt Pete Rose bet on baseball.  I also believe he bet on games he was involved in.  I do not believe he manipulated any games to aid himself in his gambling.  The view on gambling has changed over the years.  Gambling isn't my biggest concern if Pete Rose, however.  The rumors of him being involved with a very, under aged girl sexually concerns me much more.  I do not feel he should be kept out of feel the baseball hall of fame for gambling.  If other the rumor proves to be true, he doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the hall of fame.

It's not a rumor. She said the relationship started at 14 or 15. He said 16 .  As unsavory as that seems for many of us, I 'd say ball players and very young girls was a pretty commonplace occurrence .   I'd say several of the main cogs of the Big Red Machine were chasing a lot of young tail.  Put Pete in the Hall of Shame, if you want, for what he did off the field. But he deserves to be in the HOF for what he did on it.