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Major League Baseball Specialist Rob Manfred deleted Pete Rose, "Shoes-free" Joe Jackson and other late players from the league's permanently unqualified roster.
As a result, the Major League Baseball (Rose) is the leader in MLB history; Jackson; others are eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Rose and Jackson are notorious figures in Major League Baseball history, with their legacy damaged by gambling.
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Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame member Pete Rose introduced his bronze medal to fans during a pre-match ceremony to promote his bronze statue of his unveiling at the Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on June 17, 2017. (Imagn)
Major League Baseball (MLB) found Rose gambling on the Cincinnati Reds, both a player and a manager, despite insisting that he never bets his team loses. Ross denied the allegation until 2004. He sought recovery several times, but he was never welcomed by Major League Baseball (MLB) until his death in September 2024.
Rose predicted 10 days before his death and he wouldn't be the Baseball Hall of Fame until after his death.
News about Rose shocked the baseball world, and fans immediately began lobbying for Rose's induction into the Hall of Fame.
Major League Baseball deletes Pete Rose, other banned players from permanently qualifying rosters
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds faced the Atlanta Braves on August 2, 1978. (AP photos, files)
Baseball fans have been debating Rose’s eligibility for the Hall of Fame for years.
"Pete Rose should see his name in the Hall of Fame," former Major League Baseball pitcher John Rocker said.
However, not everyone has the same view, including veteran sports host Chris Rose.
"Pete Rose didn't shoot Pete Rose into the Baseball Hall of Fame," Chris Rose explained in a reaction video posted on social media. "We've been looking to point our fingers at others, explaining why we can't do that or not give that picture. My guess is if Pete Rose is willing to look in the mirror and say 'You have to clean up your behavior, he's never done it.
“At the time Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti A. Bartlett Giamatti said: “Pete, you’ve been out for 15 years and he never admitted to betting on baseball.” Do you know when he finally did it? When he can make money quickly, when he can publish a book. Then he started saying, “Yes, I do bet on baseball, but I only bet on my team to win when managing them.”
Manfred wrote his decision in a letter to attorney Jeffrey M. Lenkov.
Archives - Former Philadelphia Phillies player Pete Rose hats fans on Alumni Day on Philadelphia on August 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
"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."
Donald Trump met with Manfred last month and will announce in March that he will pardon Rose, who sentenced him to five months in jail in 1990. In 2017, Ross was also charged with statutory rape from a suspected encounter decades ago.
"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.
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame member Pete Rose stepped onto the microphone at the pre-match ceremony to adjust the hat to unveil his bronze statue on June 17, 2017 at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati. (Imagn)
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While Rose had a good shot into the hall, Jackson had a tiny chance. It is widely believed that he participated in the 1919 Black Socks scandal, where seven of them were banned from participating in the competition for fixing the World Series of that year.
Due to Manfred's decision, 17 late players have been removed from the MLB's permanently eligible roster.
Fox News's Ryan Morik contributed to the report.
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