Quote:He's the all time hit leader....this arguement will never die.
I feel like Ichiro could have challenged that number had he came up through the U.S. system.
Quote:He never bet against his team, or at least there is no proof of that as of yet. I'd rather see him in the hall than the steroid taking cheats that will indubitably be honored by it at some point!
Even assuming Pete Rose only bet on his own team as a manager, I think that's enough to keep him out of the HOF. Rose could have kept his pitchers in games that he bet on, despite major risk for their pitching health.