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Writers: We won't hose Rose

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 10, 2002

If Pete Rose is eventually reinstated and put on the Hall of Fame ballot, a select group of journalists who vote said they would overwhelmingly enshrine him in Cooperstown. ESPN.com polled 21 voting members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), which has approximately 500 Hall of Fame voters, and all 21 said they would vote for Rose if he were on the ballot. If Rose were reinstated and placed on the ballot, he would need 75 percent of the votes. Pete bats 1.000 Vot ...

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