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 …

Manfred arrived at this decision following a posthumous appeal on behalf of Pete Rose, who had been on that list since 1989, as well as public pressure and a face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump.

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."

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has made a drastic change that may allow Pete Rose and Joe Jackson to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rob Manfred has changed the landscape in Rose's Hall case and is redefining how we should look at the greatest players of the modern era.

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.

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 after betting on games while playing for and managing the Cincinnati Reds.

Rose, MLB’s all-time leader in hits (4,256), voluntarily agreed with Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti to a permanent ban on Aug. 23, 1989, following an investigation that concluded Rose bet on the Reds as both a player and manager. Manfred previously rejected Rose’s petition for reinstatement in 2015.

Even after he was reinstated by Major League Baseball, it's clear that many of the current players (and even a manager) are uncomfortable talking about Pete Rose and what his legacy in the game might really be.