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Bob Costas Has Suggestion For Pete Rose's Hall Of Fame Plaque
Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Longtime sportscaster Bob Costas weighed-in on the life and career of Pete Rose, who passed this week, with ESPN's Mike Greenberg and shared his perspective on Pete's chances of making the Hall now that he's gone...
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"My position and the position of millions of others is, yeah, we get it, he broke the cardinal rule. He should be banned from baseball under that rule for life," Costas said. "But somebody got those 4,256 base hits and those three batting championships."

"Put him in the Hall of Fame. Put it at the bottom of his plaque, 'Banned from baseball in 1989 for life' as part of the record," Costas suggested. "But he should be in as a player. And as you know, Greeny, if you have a slow day on a talk show and you just say, 'Hey, should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?' The phones light up. All those decades after he last played, he remains a central figure in the minds of baseball fans. Including baseball fans who never saw him play."
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Originally published on TigerDroppings.com
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RazzleDazzle12 days
PUT HIM IN
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Bill W Tiger12 days
He was an arse...he was cocky...he bet on baseball(to win)...he was arrogant...but.......I've been listening(early years 1960s) and watching baseball(60s to 2024NEVER ) and I have seen no one play the game with the enthusiasm and hustle like he did! It's time to induct him!!!!!
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TFH13 days
They gave Bush his Heisman back. Put Pete in.
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jp4lsu13 days
Lifetime ban has been served. He will not see himself being inducted. I think HOF has the opening now to put him on the ballot. The ban has been served.
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KingOrange13 days
Frick Costas!
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GetmorewithLes13 days
The dumnbassness of this suggestion does not realize that he was banned for "lifetime." Well guess what... lifetime is up and he is eligible now.
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Black n Gold13 days
Costas is the definition of chode.
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Put "Dumb arse" at the bottom of Bob Costas' tombstone.
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JackieTreehorn13 days
Can’t stand Bob Costas and his holier than thou attitude. Who made him the pope of sports?
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Blueghost197813 days
Absolutely pathetic that he was never inducted into the HOF. He didn’t bet to lose only to WIN! You can’t throw a game if you’re betting to win. You’re doing what everyone on the team is doing.
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BobABooey13 days
I remember a locker room interview Rose did after his hit streak was stopped and he complained about the opposing pitcher throwing like it was Game 7 of the World Series. Seemed like an odd melt from Charlie Hustle.
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Koolazzkat13 days
Correctomundo!
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