I have come around on this. I must admit, for years the notion of George Steinbrenner gaining admittance to the Hall of Fame sounded like some kind of elaborate practical joke. What it that Groucho Marx said? “I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me.”
Here’s the thing, though.
For years I’ve believed, and I’ve written, that Pete Rose deserves to at least be put up for consideration for the Hall and, if elected, the sins he committed against the game should be included in his plaque, along with noting he’d been barred for years.