Baseball Guru
01-17-2003, 09:20 PM
By Associated Press
January 16, 2003, 11:51 PM EST
ST. MARY'S, Ontario -- Pete Rose might be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame sooner than anyone expected.
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, that is.
Rose, who played part of the 1984 season with the Montreal Expos, has been nominated for induction into the Canadian shrine.
A 16-member committee will begin evaluating the nominations of Rose and 45 others starting next week. Inductees will be announced Feb. 24.
"From the baseball standpoint I could see the selection committee members having some reservations," Canadian Hall of Fame president and CEO Tom Valcke told the London Free Press. "From the marketing side, (Rose's induction) would go a long way in our awareness campaign."
Rose joined the Expos for the start of the 1984 season and batted .259 with 23 RBIs in 95 games. He played first base and the outfield.
While with Montreal, Rose got his 4,000th lifetime hit.
Rose, the career hits leader, agreed to a permanent ban from baseball in August 1989 following an investigation of his gambling. Because of the ban, he cannot appear on the ballot for the major league Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and commissioner Bud Selig has recently began contemplating the issue.
Also nominated for the Canadian Hall of Fame are former major leaguers Joe Carter and Kirk McCaskill and managers Tommy Lasorda and Sparky Anderson.
Carter played for the Toronto Blue Jays and McCaskill was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Lasorda pitched for the International League's Montreal Royals and Anderson played for and managed the rival Toronto Maple Leafs.
January 16, 2003, 11:51 PM EST
ST. MARY'S, Ontario -- Pete Rose might be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame sooner than anyone expected.
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, that is.
Rose, who played part of the 1984 season with the Montreal Expos, has been nominated for induction into the Canadian shrine.
A 16-member committee will begin evaluating the nominations of Rose and 45 others starting next week. Inductees will be announced Feb. 24.
"From the baseball standpoint I could see the selection committee members having some reservations," Canadian Hall of Fame president and CEO Tom Valcke told the London Free Press. "From the marketing side, (Rose's induction) would go a long way in our awareness campaign."
Rose joined the Expos for the start of the 1984 season and batted .259 with 23 RBIs in 95 games. He played first base and the outfield.
While with Montreal, Rose got his 4,000th lifetime hit.
Rose, the career hits leader, agreed to a permanent ban from baseball in August 1989 following an investigation of his gambling. Because of the ban, he cannot appear on the ballot for the major league Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and commissioner Bud Selig has recently began contemplating the issue.
Also nominated for the Canadian Hall of Fame are former major leaguers Joe Carter and Kirk McCaskill and managers Tommy Lasorda and Sparky Anderson.
Carter played for the Toronto Blue Jays and McCaskill was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Lasorda pitched for the International League's Montreal Royals and Anderson played for and managed the rival Toronto Maple Leafs.