“Murderers were released faster than Pete Rose”

This story has been updated because an earlier version contained an inaccuracy.

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith had a lot to say Tuesday about late Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose not being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame before his death.

Although Rose, who was found dead Monday, is the MLB's all-time leader in hits with 4,256, he was banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling while serving as manager of the Reds in his hometown.

The MLB ban did not disqualify him from induction into the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is independent of the MLB. He is ineligible for the Hall of Fame only because in the months leading up to his first Hall of Fame year, the Hall of Fame Board of Directors voted for the first time to exclude anyone on MLB's permanently ineligible list. again to be excluded from inclusion for consideration in the Hall of Fame. Commissioner Rob Manfred recently emphasized this nuance, pointing out that MLB did not ban Rose from the Hall of Fame.

“A plague to all of Pete Rose’s damn critics; I can't stand all of you. Y’all make me sick,” Smith said on the Oct. 1 episode of “First Take.”

“This is the hit leader of all time. … What we're talking about about him being banned from baseball is that he's betting on his own team winning as their manager. Because of what he did as a manager, they tried.” Erase 23 years of commitment and excellence.

Smith wondered why the Reds could induct Rose into their Hall of Fame and why the Philadelphia Phillies could honor him in 2022 while celebrating their team that won the 1980 World Series, but Rose still couldn't get into the Baseball Hall of Fame Fame will be inducted.

“Who the hell do you think you are?” Smith said. “And watching the American public allow these hypocrites to literally try to erase him and erase him from our minds, even though they knew they had benefited from him. … In this country, when we talk about the land of second chances, and you're talking about forgiveness, and you're talking about people making mistakes: murderers were released faster than Pete Rose. And baseball wants to sit up there with its pompous and hypocritical self and literally vilify this man.

According to authorities there, Rose, 83, was found dead at his home in Clark County, Nevada, on Monday. He died of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with severe diabetes mellitus, according to Melanie Rouse, medical examiner for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner.

Although Rose was placed on a permanent baseball ineligibility list, she was able to apply for reinstatement. However, his applications were always rejected.

“Murderers were released faster than Pete Rose”

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