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| MLB Opens Path for Pete Rose to Posthumously Enter Hall of Fame | |
| 2025-05-14 | |
[SportsIllustrated] Rose will be eligible for Hall consideration in 2027 after commissioner Rob Manfred removed the Reds legend, and all-time hits king, from the ineligible list.
Rose, the all-time hits leader with 4,256 hits, in 1989 accepted an agreement with commissioner Bart Giamatti to be placed on the ineligible list after the commissioner’s office spent months investigating his betting on baseball while playing and managing the Cincinnati Reds. Two years later, just before Rose was first eligible on Hall of Fame ballots sent to baseball writers, the Hall changed its eligibility rules. It barred any player on MLB’s ineligible list from appearing on a ballot. Rose denied betting on baseball at the time, only to admit 15 years later in writing a book to such actions in violation of baseball’s Rule 21. Manfred’s decision now permits Rose to gain the same chance at the Hall once afforded Joe Jackson, the outfielder barred for his part in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. While on the ineligible list, Jackson was considered on Hall ballots in 1936 and 1946 but received minimal support. Manfred decided that Rule 21 was meant to keep people away from baseball who were considered a threat to the integrity of the game and to be a deterrent. He decided the "threat" portion no longer applied once a person is deceased. There are 17 deceased people on the list. Rose died Sept. 30, 2024, in Las Vegas at age 83. Manfred met with Rose’s daughter Fawn and his lawyer, Jeffrey Lenkov, in December. A formal petition for being removed from the ineligible list was submitted on Jan. 8. The Rose family preferred a decision be made by Wednesday night, when the Reds host a Pete Rose Night at Great American Ballpark to celebrate the life and career of the franchise icon. The Reds play the Chicago White Sox that night at a special start time of 7:14 to honor No. 14. Manfred also met with President Trump at the White House on April 16. One of the topics of their conversation was the MLB status of Rose. Trump told Manfred he would posthumously pardon Rose. In 1990, Rose pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns and served a five-month sentence. Rose is no longer eligible for consideration by the writers, which consider players for a 10-year period that begins five years after their last game. His candidacy would pass to the Classic Baseball committee that next meets in December 2027. If elected, he would be inducted in July 2028. The committee consists of 16 members of the Hall, executives and veteran media members. A candidate needs 12 of 16 votes for election. Rose previously filed for reinstatement to Manfred in 2015 not long after Manfred became commissioner. He also applied to former commissioner Bud Selig in 1997 and 2002 without success. Related: Pete Rose 10/08/2024 Pro-Palestinian activists set up encampment outside Jewish Democrat’s Ohio home Pete Rose 10/01/2024 All-time hits leader Pete Rose dies at 83 Pete Rose 10/13/2020 Joe Morgan passed on at 77 | |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #6 agree w Beavis Should be a Hall of Infamy add Sosa, Joe Jackson, Palmiero, Canseco and a lot of others |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-05-14 10:14 |
| #5 Does this mean the Jotato will be lionized now too? |
| Posted by: alanc 2025-05-14 09:10 |
| #4 He is already represented in the Hall. 4152 uniform, various bats and pictures. It's a lifetime ban, he is dead now. Get on with it. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2025-05-14 06:55 |
| #3 It’s such a fine line trying to thread, I’m conflicted. Maybe a rogues gallery, Rose, Clemens, Bonds, the Bash brothers…. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2025-05-14 01:07 |
| #2 Supposedly he gambled on his team winning, not losing, which, if true, would be forgivable IMO. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2025-05-14 00:19 |
| #1 "Lifetime ban" Pete Rose gambled on his own team. As the Japanese say, "this is unforgivable." |
| Posted by: Elmomoter Mussolini9149 2025-05-14 00:10 |