Blog 21

          Pete Rose was one of the greatest baseball players to ever play the game. He played in the Major League for 24 years and racked up unbelievable stats. He had over 4,000 hits, 1300 RBI’s, and 200 stolen bases. Not only that but he also has 160 homeruns and a career batting average of .303.  He has won three World Series rings, one MVP Award, two Gold Gloves, and made seventeen All-Star appearances at five different positions. With stats like that how can he not be in the Hall of Fame? There is a simple explanation for that; when he was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, he bet on games. He gambled on baseball and even though he never bet against the Reds, it is still against MLB rules. He made one mistake and that alone is what is keeping him out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jeffery Standen, aka The Sports Law Professor, showed just how big the mistake was when he said,” There are 4,256 reasons to vote Pete Rose into baseball’s Hall of Fame. There is one reason to keep him out.”(Standen, 2010) This quote means exactly what it says; he is not in the Hall of Fame for one reason. This story helps prove that a person’s greed will affect them in someway. His greed not only affects him but it also affects many other people. Now people don’t see him as the greatest baseball player of all time but as a cheater and as a gambler. He did so many great things but the one bad thing he did is what he will be remembered by. Pete Rose made one mistake and that mistake has and will continue to haunt him for the rest of his life. It is so crazy how one greedy decision can affect you the rest of your life.