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The weekend of Hall of Fame inductions is usually a time to celebrate baseball's past, but Hank Aaron seems to have spent a good portion of his stay in Cooperstown laying the groundwork for the Hall's future.

The same weekend Aaron said he would be willing to accept known users of performance-enhancing drugs as long as their career numbers carried asterisks, he also said he'd like to see Pete Rose enshrined. And according to the New York Daily News, it's more than words: A group of Hall of Famers reportedly lobbied Bud Selig to lift Rose's suspension. Aaron's opinion on just about anything in baseball carries more weight than most athletes' popping off (we're specifically looking at you, T.O.), but this is a lot to soak in all at once.

We're trying to envision an induction ceremony in 2013 welcoming Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, and all we keep coming back to is the "jury of the damned" in one of the Halloween "Simpsons" episodes -- the starting line of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers included.

• Almost 80 percent of SportsNation support reinstating Rose.
• And while Selig's at it, most voters also support Shoeless Joe Jackson.
• The 'Nation is not as supportive of Aaron's stance on PED users in the Hall.

“

Hank is a God - probably the all-around best to ever play the game. If he says asterisks, then it's good enough for me!!

” -- MJK4143

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Players such as Aaron, who have a self-interest in these matters, should keep their opinions to themselves. He doesn't have enough facts, or the proper unbiased perspective, to judge others.

” -- broncodude08

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Rose doesn't get in. The Black Sox didn't get in neither does Rose. You can't make the game a mockery than get in with the elite.

” -- sugalean