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Originally Posted by Orcin
You and others continue to confuse the Baseball Hall of Fame with "Baseball". The Baseball Hall of Fame is a unique and separate entity from MLB. Speaking for myself, I am not arguing that MLB should lift the ban on Pete Rose. I just think that he should be in the Hall of Fame.
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I am absolutely, unequivocally
not confusing the Baseball Hall of Fame with Major League Baseball. I
specifically separated the HoF from Baseball more than once in my post. I have no idea why you're insistng that I'm confused about it, but everybody can see that it is not true.
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Originally Posted by Orcin
You are correct when you say that the Hall of Fame has the choice to declare Pete Rose eligible, simply by rescinding the rule against Veteran's Committee consideration of banned players. The time for that rule change is now. Then let the Veteran's Committee decide if he is worthy based on the merits of his on-field accomplishments.
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That sounds easy on paper, and it's
technically possible. But to clarify my earlier statement on it, given the Hall's close relationship with MLB, I don't see any
practical way they can do that, since they would actively have to flout their relationship to Baseball and also publicly reconcile their decision to let Pete into the Hall even though Pete is still banned from Baseball. I think the strong relationship between Baseball and the Hall would preclude such a move.