HOUSTON RICK
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RIP "Charlie Hustle" thanks for all the good memories.
He would probably have squeeked his way in if the whole "I was a 34 year old married guy with two kids and I admit to having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old girl" thing hadn't come along. Of course the girl says it all started before she was 16 (age of consent in Ohio) but it went away because it was merely sleazy, not clearly illegal, and probably not all that uncommon in the MLB.
It did derail his let me in campaign, though. I say let him in now.
Did he bet on baseball games? Did he bet on games he was playing in? RIP Pete.
(d) GAMBLING.
(1) Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform, shall be declared ineligible for one year.
(2) Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform, shall be declared permanently ineligible . . .
put an asterisk on his plaque if it is felt to be necessary... but put him in the HOF... his lifetime ban is over... R.I.P.