Originally Posted By: Irishman12

Pete Rose is being kept out for cheating, so it has to make you wonder that they might keep Cobb out in present day America


I wouldn't put Rose in Cobb's class, but your point is well taken. Shoeless Joe Jackson WAS in Cobb's class and he STILL is banned from the HOF.

"Cheating" (or gambling) is different from a personal trait that really has nothing to do with the game (albeit a poor personal trait - racism).

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