A 20-Year Memory: A Baseball Ban

August 24 - Record-setting baseball player Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

An article in Friday's USA Today reported that three out of four responding in a poll believe that the current steroid use is worse than Rose's admitted gambling. Rose continues to have around 60% support in the poll that he should be allowed into the Hall of Fame.

In my opinion, considering who is already there- a possible murderer and racist (Ty Cobb) and quite a few alcoholics (think Ruth and Mantle, at least) I would vote for Rose. He certainly earned his entrance without enhancement drugs. Ditto for Shoeless Jackson who was, many believe, a victim far more than he was a perpetrator of anything bad.

Perhaps some day.