THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL : ROSE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WILTING.

Not to dump some store-bought Ragu on anyone's Hall of Fame linguini, but there are at least 100 folks who deserved to be in the baseball's hallowed shrine before Tommy Lasorda's bronze face went up in the permanent time share next to Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio.

So says resident trouble-maker Keith Olbermann . . .

Filling an entire chapter in the soon-to-seem outdated book ``The Big Show: Inside ESPN `SportsCenter' '' Olbermann, the former anchor (come back . . . please) and bona fide baseball historian makes a case for the 100 who should be in baseball's Hall but for whatever reason (usually the voters' lack of intelligence) aren't. We won't name names . . . aw, heck, we'll give you some that you should recognize from the Olbermann files, in alphabetical order: Dick Allen, Sparky Anderson, Vida Blue, Bert Blyleven, Bobby Bonds, Bill Buckner, Gary Carter, Norm Cash, Orlando Cepeda, Rocky Colavito, Dave Concepcion, Mike Cuellar, Willie Davis, Dom DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Darrell Evans, Dwight Evans, Charles O. Finley, Curt Flood (whom Olbermann calls the greatest omission), Carl Furillo, Ron Guidry, Keith Hernandez, Gil Hodges, Tommy John, Jim Kaat, Bowie Kuhn, Roger Maris, Mike Marshall (the ex-Dodgers reliever, not the outfielder), Billy Martin, Bill Mazeroski, John McSherry, Marvin Miller, Minnie Minoso, Thurman Munson, Dale Murphy, Graig Nettles, Don Newcombe, Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Steve Palermo, Milt Pappas, Vada Pinson, Boog Powell, Jim Rice, Ron Santo, Ted Simmons, Reggie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Erza Sutton (no relation), Luis Tiant, Joe Torre (as a player, not yet as a manager) and Bill White. . . .

To induct most of those would involve a vote of the old-timers committee, which is responsible for Lasorda's entrance. . . .

Olbermann left Lasorda off the list. But Olbermann explained why when we asked: ``We tend to see Lasorda as a character of himself, but he's entirely deserving. The only thing is the order of selection. There are many more guys who are overdue. He's just not the first manager I'd consider from the group that isn't already in. The quickness of the election bothers me in that McSherry or Palermo (both umpires) of recent vintage aren't considered worthy of being put in already. I'm not opposed to Lasorda being in there. He made a helluva debut with two World Series teams ('77 and '78), and the whole '88 season he did with mirrors. We must give him credit for that just as much as we don't for allowing (Tom) Niedenfuer to pitch to (Jack) Clark.'' . . .

Hey, Olbermann also left Steve Garvey off the list. And he won't even consider Pete Rose until the dust settles. . . .

The Wall's Department of Research tells us these interesting facts about the country of Norway: It is roughly 155,000 square miles (practically the same size as California), it's ruled by a constitutional monarchy (currently, King Harald V runs the show) and the ratio of television sets is up to 1 per 2.9 citizens. Our travel agent says a one-way, nine-hour flight to Oslo (through Newark, N.J.) runs about $1,941, and Global Van Lines can ship 7,000 pounds of stuff in a 20-foot container through the fjord for about $1,400 (considerably less if you have time to box it yourself).

Congratulations Jerry Reinsdorf, you're moving you to Norway! . . .

News item: the MLB's special ownership committee unanimously agreed to grant Peter O'Malley permission to continue Dodgers sale talks with Rupert Murdoch. Coming soon: official league approval for the implemention of protective batting helmets. . . .

Marv Albert, you've been a very naughty boy. . . .

UCLA's resident gymnastics celeb-coach, Kerri Strug, still trying to cash in on her Olympic 15 minutes of fame, has been prancing around as an intern at NBC in Burbank for part of this summer and got a big makeover from the hairdresser who does up ``Friends'' actress Jennifer Aniston's - she lloks like a little Katie Couric now. It's all in the hope this lands her a job in TV someday. No voice coach? . . .

Two point three billion. That's the number of dollars that Tiger Woods is projected to make by the end of his career, based on a future earnings potential formula projection from Daniel Schorr, who's an expert in something called J.P. Morgan derivatives and calculated the figure for POV magazine in the August issue. Schorr also estimates Woods' current net worth is $576 million, which is already higher than Michael Jordan (estimated net worth: $539 million) and is insane when compared to the money Babe Ruth made adjusted to 1997 dollars ($186 million). What does this all mean? All the gum and candy Tiger wants.

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Photo: Community service: Cooperstown, N.Y., was more than happy to welcome the suspended Pete Rose to be part of its souvenir-signing parade this past weekend. Uh, excuse me, Mr. Rose, you're not allowed over in that part of the building.

Associated Press