MLB's Rob Manfred considering Pete Rose's removal from ineligible list: report

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is reportedly considering removing Pete Rose from the league’s banned list, months aft the game’s all-time hits person died astatine the property of 83.

Rose’s household filed a petition with MLB connected Jan. 8 to region him from the list, ESPN reported Saturday. The shot legend’s lawyer, Jeffrey Lenkov, told the outlet the petition was filed aft Rose’s girl met with Manfred and league spokesperson Pat Courtney connected Dec. 17.

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Pete Rose during a Reds crippled arsenic player/manager successful 1989. (USA Today Sports)

Manfred antecedently rejected Rose’s bid successful December 2015 aft the 2 met. Lenkov described the gathering with MLB brass arsenic "productive" and said that Manfred had been "respectful" and gracious" successful proceeding the case.

"It is present clip to crook the leafage connected Pete Rose's bequest successful shot and for the Hall of Fame to grant him. Whether you are a instrumentality oregon not of Pete Rose, we are astatine our champion a federation of 2nd chances, a federation of giving radical 2nd opportunities," Lenkov told ESPN. "We don't constitute disconnected people."

President Donald Trump wrote successful a station connected societal media connected Friday that helium planned to posthumously pardon Rose.

"Major League Baseball didn’t person the courageousness oregon decency to enactment the late, great, Pete Rose, besides known arsenic ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now helium is dead, volition ne'er acquisition the thrill of being selected, adjacent though helium was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than astir of those who made it, and tin lone beryllium named posthumously. WHAT A SHAME!" he wrote on Truth Social.

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Commissioner of Major League Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. speaks during the 2024 Grapefruit League Spring Training Media Day astatine George M. Steinbrenner Field connected Thursday, February 15, 2024, successful Tampa, Florida. (Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images.)

"Anyway, implicit the adjacent fewer weeks I volition beryllium signing a implicit PARDON of Pete Rose, who shouldn’t person been gambling connected baseball, but lone stake connected HIS TEAM WINNING. He ne'er betted against himself, oregon the different team. He had the astir hits, by far, successful shot history, and won much games than anyone successful sports history. Baseball, which is dying each implicit the place, should get disconnected its fat, lazy a--, and elite Pete Rose, adjacent though acold excessively late, into the Baseball Hall of Fame!"

Rose broke retired with his hometown Cincinnati Reds, the squad helium played 19 of his 24 seasons with, 3 of which helium besides served arsenic acting manager, successful 1963, and helium went connected to marque league history, portion securing 3 World Series titles on the way. 

Nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" for his relentless thrust erstwhile connected the diamond, Rose was league MVP successful 1973, a 17-time All-Star, three-time batting rubric winner, Rookie of the Year and World Series MVP.

Despite his 4,256 vocation hits, helium became a polarizing fig erstwhile the quality of his gambling connected shot rocked the sports world.

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds successful enactment astatine the bat against the Atlanta Braves successful Atlanta, Aug. 2, 1978. At near is Atlanta catcher Joe Nolan.  (AP Photo, File)

Rose applied for reinstatement successful 2020 and 2022, particularly with legalized sports betting happening crossed the country. However, Manfred denied some requests, pointing to the Veteran’s Committee for immoderate Hall of Fame discussions regarding Rose. Manfred besides changeable down immoderate speculation astir Rose’s reinstatement successful 2023, arsenic the league had partnerships with sportsbooks.

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Although helium isn't successful the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Reds inducted Rose into their ain hallway of fame successful 2016, retiring his No. 14. He made respective appearances successful MLB ballparks successful caller years earlier his death.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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