Baseball

5/15/2025 |  Pete Rose Doesn’t Belong in the Hall of Fame, Even After Death (DEADSPIN) Now that Pete Rose has been formally reinstated by Major League Baseball, hopefully somebody other than Commissioner Rob Manfred will choose to do the right thing and keep him out of the Hall of Fame.
By betting on games in which he played and managed, Rose broke MLB’s Rule 21 and was banned for life in 1989. Rose cheated Major League Baseball. He cheated the teams he played for and managed. Rose cheated the fans. He also cheated the Hall of Fame.

5/14/2025 |  The Reds will pay tribute to Pete Rose a day after he was posthumously reinstated by MLB (Associated Press (AP)) CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds are paying tribute to Pete Rose on Wednesday night, a day after baseball’s career hits leader was posthumously removed from the major leagues’ permanent ineligibility list.
The Reds are handing out a replica No. 14 Rose jersey to fans in attendance for their game against the Chicago White Sox. They are holding a pregame panel with former Rose teammates George Foster and Ken Griffey Sr., along with Barry Larkin and Eric Davis — who played for Rose when he managed the Reds.

5/14/2025 |  Rose and Jackson get posthumous reprieve, but gambling on baseball is still MLB’s biggest sin (Associated Press (AP)) It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It’s been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.

5/14/2025 |  MLB makes Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson now Hall of Fame eligible (AXIOS Sports) Major League Baseball has removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from the league's permanently ineligible list, making them eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Why it matters: Rose and Jackson were legendary players during their time, but had been shunned for their role in gambling on the sport — something the league now embraces. 

5/14/2025 |  Pete Rose reinstated off MLB's permanently ineligible list: Mike Schmidt, former teams, others react (CBS Sports) On Tuesday, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred effectively changed baseball's permanently ineligible list to a lifetime ineligible list. Manfred ruled that "permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual," and therefore Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, other members of the 1919 Black Sox, and others have been removed from the permanently ineligible list. A total of 17 players are no longer banned from baseball.