I agree Ron, but because of his records, he's actually in the Hall of Fame, just not "officially". Also remember that if fairness had anything to do with the Hall of Fame, the HOF would have to finally deal with the whole Doubleday/Cooperstown myth.

The simple reason that Cobb is in and Rose is not - Cobb wasn't banned from the game and Rose was. Baseball hasn't been afraid to honor Rose in the past few years (they could have ignored the votes for him in the All Century Team) but tradition runs deep in baseball and if Joe Jackson can't get in, neither will Rose.


On the other hand, take a look at the records of Tinker, Evers, and Chance. Good players, but I would argue they got in on the strength of a poem - Their double play stats weren't even that remarkable. Plus, they were even inducted in the same year!
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By the way - how many Major League parks have people been to? How about Minor League Parks. How about Spring Training?

In the early 90s I saw a game in every Florida Spring Training Park for 3 straight years.

I've been to 17 Major, 12 Minor and over 30 Spring Training Parks.

pax yall