IMO too thinking about Pete Rose and other stuff in general......maybe it's time to forgive some of the PED users like Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Jose Conseco, Sammy Sosa etc etc..... even Barry Bonds.
If some of these guys come clean and fess up as some already have..... I mean..... Nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes and given the nature of the game at the time...... Could some of these guys be blamed for doing all they could to compete when it was the norm for their time and era........
Maybe they shouldn't be forgiven outright but another consideration should be placed on them or some sort of asterisk to be allowed into the HOF...... Nobody is perfect, people make mistakes and just because someone does a bad deed it shouldn't negate all the other good some of these guys did on and off the field and continue to do off the field like Alex Rodriguez and the insights he brings to the game and the good he did and does still.
It took me a while to recognize that but now I do......
One of the biggest criteria for the HOF is “integrity, sportsmanship and
character” and IMO a player like Rodriguez exemplifies amazing character on and off the field past sins or not....... You don't have to be perfect or free of all sin/mistakes/errors to display good character and who is
Its time to forgive....... And well in some manner try to heal and learn from the past as to not have what was done to Pete Rose or Shoeless Joe Jackson be done to other players......
Maybe some writers should rethink, revisit and reevaluate some of these players that weren't eligible for the Hall of Fame or aren't voted on based on criteria mentioned like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Pete Rose and others like Rodriguez etc etc.
"Ease his pain.".............