Pete Rose is incontrovertibly one of the greatest players in baseball's history. ... Baseball's capital crime, gambling, calls for baseball's capital punishment: banishment. ... Pete's Playing Days Pete Rose is one of the most decorated players of all time. ... In 1999 he was voted to baseball's All-Century team along with every one of the aforementioned players. ... Rose also received the award for Sporting News Player of the Decade in the 70's, and in 1978 signed the most lucrative contract in baseball's history (to that point) at $3.2 million for fou...

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