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No vote of confidence for Rose

By Ray Ratto
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, December 1, 2004

The group of names on the new Hall of Fame ballot is typically eclectic -- long on relievers, longer still on players whose principal claim to fame was lasting a long time, and cult figures who strike the fancies of some voters just out of sheer weirdness. But the odd thing about this ballot is that there is not only no Pete Rose, but there is no longer any discernible hue and cry for his inclusion on it. Oh, it may happen in time. Someone will say that Darryl Strawberry's years of pharmaceuti ...

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