MLB clears way for banned legends Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson to enter Hall of Fame – CBS News Watch CBS News Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were reinstated by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling…
Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were reinstated by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death. Rose…
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition to have Pete Rose posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s ineligible list, a person familiar with the situation told CBS News on Sunday. Rose, baseball’s late career hits leader, was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting. ESPN was the first to report on…
President Trump says he plans to issue “a complete PARDON of Pete Rose,” baseball’s late career hits leader who was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting. Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday night to say Rose, who died in September at age 83, “shouldn’t have been gambling on…