A Summary Of Baseball Hall Of Fame By Pete Rose

Joyce Gallo

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Mr. Blackstone Baseball is debatably the greatest sport that has ever been played. It is a game played by two opposing teams that are composed of several players, but only nine players per team can have the honor of playing at one time. To be part of one of the thirty teams that get to play Major League Baseball, a player has to play the game better than the guy next to him. When a player performs better than most have ever played, he gets rewarded with a contract that will usually give him a lot of money. Then there are unique players, the two hundred forty exclusive players of the game that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. The players drafted in the Hall of Fame are remembered forever. Pete Rose, also known

Therefore, the bottom line for being inducted into the Hall of Fame would be how well each player performed on the field during their career. When the baseball commissioner in 1989 Bart Giamatti banned Pete Rose from baseball after an investigation claiming that he was guilty of betting on baseball, what gave Giamatti the authority to ban Rose from the Hall of Fame? Although Pete Rose allegedly gambled on baseball, his overall performance in the game is something that should always be praised and remembered, which is why he should be admitted into the Cooperstown Hall of

Rose was a very dedicated athlete when he played on Western Hills High School’s football and baseball team. During high school Rose became uninterested in his studies and his teachers decided that he would have to attend summer school or repeat a year of high school. Rose’s parents, who encouraged him to play sports, decided it would be better if Rose was held back then to miss a summer of baseball. Shortly after his graduation in 1960, he signed with his hometown Cincinnati Reds (ESPN). Rose made his major league debut in 1963 going 0-for-11, but got his first hit against the Pittsburgh Pirates, resulting in triple, leading him to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Rose’s following years playing in the MLB will establish himself as one of the best baseball players in the history of the sport; Rose surpassed 200 hits for the first of a record ten times in 1965, notched batting titles in 1968 and 1969, and won Gold Gloves for his outfield defense in 1969 and 1970” (“Pete Rose”). Rose’s intensity was tremendously displayed on the field; sometimes more negative than positive. During the 1970 All-Star game, Rose was involved in one of the most infamous plays in MLB history. Batting against pitcher Clyde Wright in the 12th inning, Rose singled and advanced to second base on another single by Billy Grabarkewitz. Jim Hickman then hit a single toward center field, Rose rounded third and headed for