I've always been impressed by how Rose was the last player-manager in the MLB. For my money, he should be in the HOF for that alone. But to be honest, just as I never really cared that he gambled I never lost any sleep that he wasn't in the HOF. I just think the hall looks silly pretending that Pete Rose never existed - he was an amazing player and personality, my earliest memory of him was my dad telling me about his hitting streak (and what a hitting streak was) - we followed it together for a couple of weeks before it ended. 44 games. RIP, Pete.