This is the final "Baseball Bullet-In" for 2002, so let's take a look at, and make some comments about, topics on the hot stove of baseball news on both sides of the Pacific.
First, I'm happy to hear that MLB commissioner Bud Selig is apparently going to reinstate Pete Rose, ending the lifetime ban on baseball's all-time hits leader and paving the way for Rose's induction into the Hall of Fame.
"Charlie Hustle" has been out of the game for 13 years, and I believe it is time to put him back in. The ovation he received from the crowd at this year's World Series during ceremonies counting down the 10 most memorable moments in baseball history no doubt had a lot of influence on Selig's de-icing and warming to the idea of reinstating Rose.