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Baseball fans have called on Pete Rose to enter the Hall of Fame after Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that he was removed from his permanently failed roster Tuesday along with 16 late others, including "Shoe Industry" Joe Jackson.
But, as ESPN's Tony Kornheiser reminded all these fans on Tuesday, Manfred is not the one who puts the rose in the Holy Hall of Cooperstown.
"Rob Manfred didn't put you in the Hall of Fame. Member baseball writers put you in the Hall of Fame," Cohen Heather said on "The Pardon Interrupt."
"Those baseball writers are known to be guardians of the game. They take illegal acts very seriously. Joe Jackson fixed the game, okay? Pete Rose Rose bets in the game as the manager of a team. That didn't go away."
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Former Philadelphia Phillies player Pete Rose put a hat on fans on August 7, 2022 at Alumni Day in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Fans rushed to social media to express their dissatisfaction that MLB had to wait until now to take Rose from its permanently qualified list. Therefore, many believe that the Hall of Fame is the right next step to correct Rose’s absence since the early 1990s.
However, Kornheiser has trained another baseball player, and the baseball writer has not voted for the hall yet.
"You know who now qualifies for the Hall of Fame? Barry Bonds qualifies, Mark McGwire qualifies," he said. "Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens, they qualify. Will they get it soon? No way from the vote."
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Now, that's not to say Kornheiser doesn't want to see Rose in the hall one day.
"As you know, Mike, I'll put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame," he added. "I'll put his sins on the plaque and his achievements. I agree that when your life disappears, it's OK to fit something. But, I can't see Pete Rose as a Hall of Fame member of the First Balotel. I just don't."
Rose is an all-time hit leader in Major League Baseball (MLB), and was added to the permanently unqualified roster when he was found gambled in the game. Ross initially denied the allegation, but in 2004 he became clean and admitted to gambling.
Pete in the 1989 Reds match as player/manager Rose. (USA Sports Today)
Manfred announced that players die from their deaths if they fail from the match.
"Obviously, a person who is no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game," Manfred wrote in a letter obtained by ESPN.
"In addition, it is hard to think of a punishment that is more deterrent than a punishment that lasts a lifetime without probation. So I concluded that permanent failure ends after the person who disciplinary is passed, and Mr. Ross will be removed from the list of permanent failures."
President Donald Trump announced in March that he would pardon Rose, who was sentenced to five months in jail in 1990. In 2017, Rose was charged with statutory rape decades ago.
Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose in 1985. (Imagn)
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"The Major League Baseball has no courage or decent courage or decent to make the late, great Pete Rose (also known as 'Charlie Hustle',' enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. Trump released.
Ross may now be eligible for the Hall of Fame, but this will be voted by the baseball author for him for a formal vote.
Fox News's Ryan Morik contributed to the report.
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