Will Selig Reconsider Rose?

A few months ago I was given a chance to speak at the annual meeting of the Baseball Historical and Sociological Conference, an esteemed group of baseball historians and other researchers. I used my time to argue a favorite point in my agenda, specifically that Major League Baseball should allow Pete Rose to be admitted into the Hall of Fame. I hoped to kindle in these influential baseball scholars a small spark that might set off some reconsideration of Rose's case. I'm sure I failed. Nonetheless, since it appears that Commissioner Selig is about to reconsider the matter, I wanted to disseminate my small contribution to a wider audience. I put the paper on SSRN.

Here's a link to download the paper.

The paper will be published in print form in the periodical, "Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture," in the fall.