Blog 34

         Well today helped me figure out what I am planning on doing for the Commonplace paper. My topic is greed and there are so many things to choose from for this topic. I decided to write about Pete Rose. I was going to use him in my analytical paper but after changing some things, his story doesn’t really fit so I am going to use it now. I really like sports and baseball so this will be pretty easy for me to write. The only problem I thought I would have with this topic was it being timely but it can be seen as timely. Even thought he was caught gambling on games over 20 years ago the argument for why he should or should not be in the Hall of Fame still goes on today. I personally think he should be voted in because he was one of the greatest players to play baseball and he gambled on games when he was a manager. I think he should be in the Hall of Fame because of his amazing stats and he shouldn’t be held out because of something he did after his playing career was over. His stats are even more unbelievable because he did all of this before the steroid era in baseball. Barry Bonds may have the most homeruns but he admitted to using steroids. Same thing for other players like Alex Rodriguez who have been accused of using steroids but they will most likely be in the Hall of Fame someday. If they still can be in the Hall of Fame when the cheated in their playing years then why shouldn’t Pete Rose because he cheated after his playing career was over.