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Originally Posted by PWL
I suppose it okay for umpires to bet on baseball even if they are not working the game they are betting on.
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I don't think anyone said that it was right for Pete Rose to bet on baseball. He finally admitted to something that I'm quite sure he was ashamed of, and couldn't come to grips for years about. I think he was embarrassed that he had hurt the game, and struggled with the guilt. Until you have walked a mile in Pete's cleats, you don't know what he went through, or why it took him so long to come clean.
Pete Rose's statistics as a player warrant his inclusion into the Hall of Fame. Keeping him out because of something he did as a manager is unfair, IMO.
Gaylord Perry is in the HOF, and he cheated in baseball on a daily basis, and I don't see anybody squawking about that.