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Originally Posted by Left-handed Badger
If he goes in. Joe Jackson has to (and maybe Cicotte). I dont want them in.
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I've heard this logic before and I don't understand it...Jackson and Cicotte were found to have violated the cardinal rule of baseball as players, which is also the only means by which either would be judged to enter the Hall.
It's different with Rose...there's no evidence he violated the gambling rule as a player, which is how he would be judged. There's no consideration for him making the Hall as a manager, which is where his "crimes" happened.
I think this is an apples and oranges comparison.