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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm voting yes. It's just based on my gut and nothing more. I understand the "lifetime" ban, but now that lifetime is over. He had a huge impact on the game of baseball, regardless of good/bad.
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Technically speaking, it was a "permanent" ban, not a "lifetime" ban, a critical difference.
I don't see an injustice to Rose (or to his ghost) as he agreed to the penalty and I think as far as baseball goes, there's more value in having a permanent ban for what was an egregious violation than admitting him to the HoF. That's sufficient for me, but I'll add that in terms of mitigating factors, there aren't any. It's not as if he went on to a life of good works in atonement; he didn't even acknowledge what everyone knew was the truth of the matter until he saw a way to capitalize on it.