Pete Rose bet on baseball, denied it until he got a fat paycheck for a book, and I think he pissed away most of the feel-good support he had for his case.

If you ask me, I'm for him being on the HOF ballot. After he dies.

Of course if Baseball wouldn't forgive "Shoeless" Joe Jackson after all these decades (and focus of a baseball movie classic), Charlie Hustle doesn't have a prayer.