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HISTORIC REINSTATEMENT – Pete Rose will be eligible for the Hall of Fame. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Rose's ban has been lifted. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players were also removed from the league's permanently ineligible list. Continue reading …
Marty Brennaman: "(Pete Rose) dies and dammit, five months later they elect to make him eligible again. I've got a real problem with that."
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Rob Manfred clearly capitulated to Trump, and likely opened floodgates of revenue to Rose‘s heirs, who will petition the Hall of Fame for his candidacy. In return, Trump might get some votes in Ohio.
Follow live reaction to the news that Major League Baseball has reinstated Rose, making him eligible for election to the Hall of Fame
That reaction from Lapel tennis coach and lifelong Cincinnati Reds fan Justin Coomer to the news of the reinstatement of Pete Rose Tuesday was consistent the response of many baseball fans.
The most important implication of Manfred's decision has to do with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pursuant to Rose's placement on the permanently ineligible list, the Hall in 1991 ruled that players on that list could not be elected into the Hall of Fame.