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Originally Posted by stl jason
someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the HOF isn't actually affiliated with MLB itself, right? So technically, the HOF/sportswriters can decide to elect anyone they want, regardless of MLB banishment. They just choose to abide by those bans and not make them eligible. MLB doesn't have to change the rule at all, the HOF can just choose ignore the ban (I don't see that happening, but it's an option).
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I believe you are correct. If they decided to allow a vote on Rose, I wouldn't be against it. However, I am against the MLB bending the rules because a good player decided to break one of their cardinal rules. Like I said earlier, if this was a "normal" player, say Joe Girardi or Terry Francona, we would have stopped hearing about it eons ago. What makes it right to bend the rules just because it was an exceptional player that broke them?