It's not like these three guys simply don't exist in Cooperstown. Making the Hall of Fame is an individual honor and Rose drew a permanent ban for gambling on baseball. That keeps him out.
Sunday night the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Classic Baseball ... contributions primarily came before 1980 for enshrinement in Cooperstown. The late Luis Tiant will be among them.
A Thanksgiving visit to Cooperstown, New York necessitated a grudging stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame. What I found out ...