When it comes to his “lifetime ban”, I guess Pete Rose didn’t bet on “lifetime” taking so long.

When it comes to the Hall of Fame, Pete Rose will still be locked out. Rose won’t appear on the baseball writers’ ballot in his final year of eligibility because commissioner Bud Selig will not rule on Rose’s application for reinstatement before the 2006 candidates are announced Nov. 29, according to Bob DuPuy, baseball’s chief operating officer.

Rose, who last year admitted he bet on the Cincinnati Reds while managing the team in the late 1980s, doesn’t understand why the rules, unless changed, won’t allow him to ever appear on the annual ballot of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

“How can I be on a list that expires after 15 years if I’m suspended?” Rose said Sunday in comments relayed to The Associated Press through his manager, Warren Greene. “It should be that time stops.”

He should know better than to bet on baseball, and I don’t mean the game.

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