Fact: Pete Rose bet on baseball. Fact: betting on baseball brings a lifetime ban. Fact: Rose is dead. Does that mean he should now be inducted?

Rose, who was placed on the permanently ineligible list in 1989 because of gambling, died in September of last year

President Donald Trump signaled his intention to issue a "complete pardon" for MLB legend Pete Rose. "Over the next few weeks I will be signing a complete PARDON of Pete Rose, who shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball,

President Donald Trump said on Friday he will be signing a pardon for Pete Rose, who died in September before ever seeing himself inducted into the Hall of Fame.

"He's about the best teammate you could ever find," Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona said of Pete Rose when told MLB is mulling reinstatement.

MLB all-time hits leader Pete Rose died last fall while still serving his permanent ban from the league and its Hall of Fame. In an interview conducted 10 days before his death on Sept. 30, 2024, Rose predicted he would reach the Hall of Fame after he died.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a request for Rose to be removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list.

The baseball world remains divided about Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose finally potentially entering the Hall of Fame. Former MLB manager Buck Showalter knows where he stands. Showalter, a four-time Manager of the Year and longtime Baltimore Orioles skipper,

Former Philadelphia Phillies' infielder Pete Rose claimed that he would make the Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in an interview ten days before his death.

If the decision is to reverse the ban, the timing is questionable. The post “Broke a Cardinal Rule”: Pete Rose’s Potential HOF Bid Finds Huge Opposition From Former MLB Star appeared first on EssentiallySports.