Just Breaking, along with Joe Jackson.

 

 

A little late for the Hit King.

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

A little late for the Hit King.

I believe that was intentional by MLB.

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

A little late for the Hit King.

Well that was the idea though, wasn’t it? I remember a lot of people suggested that he would get the ban lifted when he could no longer enjoy the honor personally. 

2 minutes ago, nkypete said:

I believe that was intentional by MLB.

2 minutes ago, DragonFire said:

Well that was the idea though, wasn’t it? I remember a lot of people suggested that he would get the ban lifted when he could no longer enjoy the honor personally. 

Better late than never and I do think it is a positive. 

Who gets in first Joe, Pete, both together or neither get in?

I believe that the self-righteous, baseball writers will wait a year or two to elect him. Same guys that didn’t give 100% of the votes to Griffey, Jr just because. 

14 minutes ago, Breds82 said:

I believe that the self-righteous, baseball writers will wait a year or two to elect him. Same guys that didn’t give 100% of the votes to Griffey, Jr just because. 

Not up to them, I believe. It’s up to the Eras committee. 

19 minutes ago, DragonFire said:

Not up to them, I believe. It’s up to the Eras committee. 

Baseball writers according to Marty Brennaman.

1 hour ago, DragonFire said:

Not up to them, I believe. It’s up to the Eras committee. 

 

1 hour ago, Jack of all Trades said:

Baseball writers according to Marty Brennaman.

Marty is wrong. The ERA (aka Veterans) Committee will be voting. 

I assumed it was the BBA because it would be his first time on the ballot. Either way he should get in right away. It’s not a morals hof, it a players hof. What happens between the white lines is all that should matter.

I have heard several different things on this but this but I believe that the earliest he can be put in the hall will be on August 6, 2028.

This below is what I just said above as VOR stated a few minutes ago as well. This was released I just saw by the Cincinnati Enquirer about an hour ago.

When is Pete Rose eligible for the Hall of Fame?

The Cincinnati native and Reds legend gains immediate eligibility for the Hall of Fame. But there is no immediate ballot for him to be added.

Because of a 1991 ruling, it is too late for the Baseball Writers Association of America to add him to its ballot.

“Voting rules require that candidates on the BBWAA ballot must have played in the Major Leagues no more than 15 years prior to each election," a Hall of Fame official shared with Enquirer Reds reporter Gordon Wittenmyer in March. "Since Rose's candidacy with the BBWAA has expired, if he were to be removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list, he would become eligible for consideration by the Hall of Fame’s Era Committee process.”

There are three Era Committee (or what used to be called the veteran’s committee) buckets of candidates, considered on a rotating basis annually:

Classic Baseball Era (for those whose primary contributions to the game came before 1980, including Negro Leagues candidates).

Two Contemporary Baseball Era committees (one for players whose primary contributions came in 1980 or later; and one for managers, executives and umpires whose for contributions came in 1980 or later).

Rose, who was a Rookie of the Year in 1963 and MVP in 1973, would qualify for the Classic Baseball Era ballot, barring a reversal of precedent in assigning players to ballots (Rose played through 1986).

Because that committee was the most recent to convene (electing Dave Parker and Dick Allen), it won’t meet again until December 2027 to consider candidates for induction in the summer of 2028.

It takes 12 of the 16 members of one of the Era Committees to list a candidate on his or her ballot for the candidate to be elected.

So mark the calendar for the Cooperstown road trip: Aug. 6, 2028.