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Podcast: Reading Baseball
Episode: Reading Baseball: Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?
Description: Pete Rose (front, right) poses with fans Scott and Tiffany Van Alstyne at the Art of Music memorabilia store in Las Vegas. (Tom Goldman/NPR)Since his recent death, the debate has been reignited as to whether Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson looks at the controversial career of the game’s all-time hits leader.Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.