Pete Rose talks Hall of Fame induction in one of final interviews before death

In 1 of Pete Rose's last known interviews conscionable 10 days earlier his death, helium talked astir his imaginable Hall of Fame induction. 

Rose, who died astatine 83 successful September from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, came to a decision astir his Hall of Fame chances. 

"I’ve travel to the conclusion, I anticipation I’m wrong, I’ll marque the Hall of Fame aft I die," Rose said to sportscaster John Condit successful footage aired connected "Fox & Friends" for the archetypal clip connected Tuesday. 

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Reds Hall of Famer Pete Rose gives a thumbs up to the fans arsenic helium is introduced astatine the unveiling of the bronze statue of him extracurricular the Great American Ball Park successful Cincinnati connected June 17, 2017. (IMAGN)

"Which I wholly disagree with due to the fact that the Hall of Fame is for 2 reasons: your fans and your family," helium said successful the clip. "It’s for your household if you’re here. It’s for your fans if you’re here, not if you’re 10 feet under."

"What’s the point? Because they’ll marque wealth implicit it? The Hall of Fame is for what you did connected the field, not what you did disconnected the field."

Rose would undoubtedly beryllium successful the Baseball Hall of Fame if his statistic connected the tract outweighed breaking the aureate regularisation successful the sport.

Rose is MLB’s deed king, with 4,256 vocation hits. He was the National League MVP successful 1974, was a 17-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion, and three-time batting rubric winner. 

However, the Cincinnati Reds prima became a polarizing fig erstwhile quality of his gambling connected games rocked the sports world. Rose received a beingness prohibition from MLB successful 1989 owed to his gambling.

In the exclusive interview, Rose said helium was not bitter astir his banishment from Cooperstown. 

TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PARDON PETE ROSE, DELIVERS SCATHING STATEMENT TO MLB ON HIS HALL OF FAME CANDIDACY

Cincinnati Reds subordinate Pete Rose successful 1985. (IMAGN)

"I’m not bitter astir everything," Rose said. 

"When you marque a mistake, don’t beryllium bitter to different people. I privation I hadn’t made the mistake, but I did, it’s history, get implicit it."

"I didn’t wounded immoderate of my fans by betting connected the crippled of baseball, and by the mode betting connected the crippled of shot to win. Every crippled I played successful I wanted to win. I happened to triumph much than anybody else, but that’s OK, not bad," Rose said with a smile.

President Donald Trump said successful a Truth Social station past Friday nighttime that helium volition motion a implicit pardon for 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!" Trump posted. 

"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!"

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Pete Rose during a ceremonial earlier the Reds instrumentality connected the Los Angeles Dodgers astatine Great American Ball Park successful Cincinnati connected June 17, 2017. (IMAGN)

Rose applied for reinstatement successful 2020 and 2022, particularly with legalized sports betting happening crossed the country. However, MLB Commissioner Rob 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. 

Manfred is reportedly considering a petition from Rose’s household to person him posthumously removed from baseball’s ineligible list. Which would perchance unfastened the doorway for Rose to marque the Hall of Fame and marque his decision astir his enshrinement true. 

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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