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Time of India
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Pete Rose's daughter breaks silence after MLB lifts his lifetime ban
Pete Rose's daughter breaks silence after MLB lifts his lifetime ban (Image Source: Getty Images) Something surprising just occurred in the world of baseball, and it's not only sports enthusiasts who are emotional about it. For one family, this news has brought tears, memories, and renewed hope. A daughter received the call while getting ready for a flight and what she learned about her father left her speechless. What did Major League Baseball do, and why does it mean so much to her? Fawn Rose shares her feelings after Pete Rose's MLB reinstatement Major League Baseball officially removed Pete Rose from its list of players permanently banned on May 13, 2025. The baseball hits record holder Pete Rose was banned for life from the game in 1989 for betting on games. His daughter Fawn Rose was set to fly from Seattle to Cincinnati when she got word of it. During an emotional interview with The Athletic, Fawn explained, "The emotion just kind of came over me. I didn't think the commissioner's decision was going to affect me as much as it did." She went on to say that although her dad made errors, he's still her father and he's human. Fawn, the eldest among Pete Rose's five children, was a major factor in having her father's case helped. In December of 2024, she saw MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred personally to discuss the case of her father. She wanted the league to understand not only as a player who disobeyed the rule but also as a human, a father, and someone who had learned the lesson from past mistakes. "He's in the wrong. But he's our father. And he's human," she said to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal. Their attorney, Jeffrey Lenkov, also said to The Athletic, "It was crucial to listen to Pete's voice through his children." Pete Rose now hopes for Hall of Fame after 36-year wait Now that Pete Rose's suspension has been removed, he is on the ballot for Hall of Fame selection. The Classic Baseball Era Committee will once again vote in 2027. This relieves his family and fans that the player with more hits in the history of MLB than anyone else can at last be celebrated. In 2016, Pete Rose, "Charlie Hustle" was honored by the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. The team hooked him on May 14, 2025, when he gave the number 14 jersey to fans at Great American Ball Park. Fawn Rose commented, "There's never going to be another Pete Rose, someone who played with that kind of heart and grit." She is now hoping this action on the part of MLB brings something her dad has been waiting for decades: a spot in Cooperstown. Also Read: MLB Lifts Lifetime Bans On Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson And 15 Other Players Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
New York Times
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Rosenthal: Rob Manfred's decision to reinstate Pete Rose raises questions about what's next
The first question about Pete Rose's reinstatement is obvious: Why did Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred reverse course? Though Rose's attorney and oldest daughter surely made heartfelt pleas on behalf of the all-time hit king, it's reasonable to wonder if pressure on Manfred from President Donald Trump had a greater impact. Advertisement If Trump did indeed help persuade the commissioner, it leads to another question: Can the president succeed in lobbying Rose into the Hall of Fame? Here's guessing that influencing the Hall's committee process would be more challenging, but after Manfred's stunning decision Tuesday to posthumously remove Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and others from the permanently ineligible list, who can say for sure? Rose, who died on Sept. 30, wanted nothing more than to be enshrined in Cooperstown, but said on multiple occasions that it would never happen while he was alive. His former lawyer, Jeffrey Lenkov, and oldest daughter, Fawn Rose, met with Manfred on Dec. 17 about taking the first step in that effort, and removing him from the ineligible list. Trump, who has been quite public in his support of Rose, met with Manfred at the White House on April 17. Manfred acknowledged Rose was a point of discussion. He certainly was a more likely topic than, say, the state of the Colorado Rockies. The ban Rose accepted in 1989 for betting on baseball was 'permanent,' not 'lifetime.' Based on that language alone, Manfred could have reasonably justified extending the penalty into perpetuity. In 2022, after receiving a letter from Rose asking for forgiveness, Manfred told the Baseball Writers Association of America,'I believe that when you bet on baseball, from Major League Baseball's perspective, you belong on the permanently ineligible list.' But in a letter to Lenkov, who had petitioned Manfred for Rose's reinstatement, the commissioner wrote on Tuesday, 'In my view, a determination must be made regarding how the phrase 'permanently ineligible' should be interpreted regarding Rule 21,' which addresses betting on baseball by people in the sport. 'Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game.' Advertisement Did Rose's death soften Manfred? Was the case presented to the commissioner by Rose's lawyer and daughter singularly moving? Doubtful on both counts, considering Manfred's resistance to reinstating Rose in the past. Only after Trump entered the picture did the commissioner do an about-face. Manfred is nothing if not shrewd. He surely did not want to risk the president embarrassing him publicly on social media. He also likely did not want to get on Trump's wrong side at a time when he is pushing for a direct-to-consumer streaming service for the league, and the migration from broadcast to streaming by professional sports leagues is under government scrutiny. Also, while Trump is known to be pro-management, it's not out of the realm of possibility that, if sufficiently annoyed, he could threaten baseball's antitrust exemption. Reinstating Rose, at least in a narrow, short-term view, comes at little cost. The Hall of Fame is the true prize for Rose's supporters. And while Manfred sits on the Hall's Board of Directors, he can safely distance himself from whatever decision is made on Rose's Cooperstown fate. As the commissioner wrote in his letter to Lenkov, 'I want to emphasize that it is not part of my authority or responsibility to express any view concerning Mr. Rose's consideration by or possible election to the Hall of Fame.' The BBWAA never got the chance to vote on Rose. Under a rule adopted by the Hall's board in 1991 – one and a half years after Rose agreed to his ban, and the same year he would have been on the writers' ballot for the first time – a player on the ineligible list cannot be considered for election to the Hall. Rose's removal from that list changes nothing for the writers; his eligibility for our ballot has expired. Now that Rose is reinstated, the way for him to gain induction is by passing muster with two Hall committees. The first is a BBWAA-appointed and Board-approved Historical Overview Committee, a group that conducts an initial screening process and seemingly would rubber stamp Rose's candidacy to allow him a full hearing. The second is a 16-member Era Committee comprised of Hall of Famers, executives and veteran media members. Advertisement The Era Committees work on three-year rotations. Without directly referring to Rose and Jackson, the Hall's chairman of the board, Jane Forbes Clark, said in a statement that players removed from the permanently ineligible list would be classified in the Classic Baseball Era, which covers players who made their greatest impact before 1980. Thus, Rose and Jackson will be eligible for induction in the winter of 2027, as part of the class of 2028. Each of the eight candidates on an Era Committee ballot must receive 75 percent approval. Rose, then, would need 12 voters willing to overlook his past indiscretions. His alleged sexual relationship with a girl under 16 in the 1970s (which he has denied, acknowledging the relationship but saying she was 16 at the time). His five-month prison sentence for tax evasion in 1990. And, of course, his betting on baseball. The Era Committee presumably would weigh not just Rose's 4,256 hits but also the implications of electing him, the message it would send, the precedent it would set. Manfred's decision on Rose, Jackson and other members of the 1919 Black Sox might have almost immediate ramifications. The possibility of a current player betting on baseball hardly is far-fetched. As professional sports leagues partner with gambling companies, the integrity of the game arguably is in greater jeopardy than it was during Rose's day. The Athletic and other media entities engage in similar partnerships. Advertisements promoting legalized gambling are difficult to escape. Ippei Mizuhara, the person once closest to baseball's biggest star, Shohei Ohtani, soon will begin a 57-month prison sentence for stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani's bank account to pay off approximately $40 million in gambling debts. Prosecutors said Mizuhara never bet on baseball. But the potential certainly was there. Given all this, the makeup of the committees that consider Rose will be critical. The leanings of those voters often determine how controversial candidates fare. It's not all that difficult to imagine Trump calling out individual committee members, whose identities are revealed a few days before the committee meets. The president has said he would pardon Rose. But the tax evasion conviction is the only one of Rose's issues Trump could forgive. And that is not what kept Rose out of Cooperstown, where Trump clearly feels he belongs. Advertisement Commenting on his social media platform, Truth Social, after Rose's death, Trump described the 17-time All-Star as 'one of the most magnificent players ever to play the game.' The president added, 'He paid the price! Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago.' Many baseball fans agree with Trump. And some of the concerns about honoring Rose are not as strong as they were when he was alive. The fear of Rose commercializing his election to excess is gone. He no longer is around to peddle his autographs the way he once did during Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, setting up in shops on Main Street in a crass display that made Hall officials cringe. If elected, Rose's contributions to the game finally would be recognized. His family and friends finally would celebrate an honor they consider long overdue. And the Hall, it can be argued, would become more complete. Our society frequently is willing to forgive misconduct by famous figures. Prominent politicians, sports and entertainment figures routinely are afforded second acts. Rose for years argued he deserved the same. Does he now? The issues with Rose's candidacy are not directly analogous to the issues with other problematic candidates for the Hall. But the induction of Rose would run contrary to certain standards the majority of BBWAA voters followed in recent elections. Again, this is not a BBWAA choice. Era Committees exist to correct perceived BBWAA oversights. But how far will a committee be willing to extend for Rose? BBWAA voters for the Hall have drawn a line on many candidates who were suspected or confirmed users of performance-enhancing drugs. Alex Rodríguez and Manny Ramirez, two candidates who, like Rose, violated known rules, have fared even worse than players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, who mostly played in the pre-testing era and never tested positive. The statistics of each of those players are worthy of the Hall of Fame. Advertisement A player whose career was more borderline, Omar Vizquel, saw his candidacy fade after The Athletic reported in 2020 that his ex-wife, Blanca, accused him of abuse and a batboy with autism accused him of harassment. Vizquel denied abusing his ex-wife and reached a confidential settlement with the bat boy. He has only two years of BBWAA eligibility remaining. Allegations that Rose had sex with a minor surfaced in a 2017 defamation lawsuit he filed against John Dowd, MLB's lead investigator into Rose's gambling. Dowd claimed in a radio interview that Rose committed statutory rape. Rose called the allegation 'entirely false in every respect.' A motion filed in Dowd's defense included a sworn statement by an unidentified woman alleging that Rose had a sexual relationship with her before she turned 16. The Hall instructs BBWAA voters to base their choices 'upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship and contribution to the team(s) on which the player played.' Those who support Rose's entry into the Hall might argue only performance matters, making the same case as those who support players of questionable character like Vizquel, and players linked to PEDs. Rightly or wrongly, that position has failed to sway BBWAA voters. It also failed to sway the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee that considered but did not elect Bonds and Clemens in Dec. 2022. As Manfred's reversal on Rose shows, standards are not immutable, particularly under a president trying to impose his will. Trump did not rise to the defense of Bonds and Clemens. He rose to the defense of Rose. Whole new ballgame. (Top photo of Pete Rose in 2016: Kirk Irwin / Getty Images)
Forbes
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Pete Rose Reinstated, Could Reach Hall Of Fame In Class Of 2028
Pete Rose, nicknamed Charlie Hustle for his all-out style of play, should finally land on a Hall of ... More Fame ballot now that he's been reinstated by MLB. Pete Rose didn't live to see it but he could still earn his coveted plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Commissioner Rob Manfred removed him from baseball's ineligible list Tuesday, making it likely his name will appear on the ballot of the Classic Baseball Era Committee's next vote, scheduled for December 2027. Rose, the lifetime leader in hits with 4,256, had been banned since 1989, when then-Commissioner Bart Giamatti determined he had bet on games as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He also spent the majority of his playing career with that team, winning Rookie of the Year, MVP, and World Series MVP awards while making the All-Star team 17 times in his 24-year career. A three-time batting champion, Rose was also one of the game's most versatile players. A switch-hitter, he actually started All-Star games at five different positions, including first, second, and third base as well as the outfield corners. Although Rose had requested reinstatement numerous times, he died last September at age 83 before that happened. This year, however, his daughter Fawn filed a petition for instatement in January and later met with Manfred. A month later, President Trump endorsed the idea in a social media post and also met with the Commissioner. According to The Los Angeles Times, Rose attorney Jeffrey Lenkov laid the groundwork after periodic meetings with Manfred and other executives from the Office of the Commissioner. 'The Rose family and I are extremely overjoyed at the wisdom, courage and compassion exhibited by the commissioner,' Lenkov told the newspaper. 'The reinstatement is a historic moment because many people, including Pete, thought the ban would never be lifted.' Every baseball clubhouse has a large sign warning uniformed personnel against betting on games. Dozens of players, coaches, and managers – notably Shoeless Joe Jackson and seven Chicago teammates implicated in the Black Sox Scandal that surrounded the fixing of the 1919 World Series – have been suspended for violating the rule. Rule 21(d) states: 'Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform, shall be declared permanently ineligible.' Pete Rose was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2016 but not the one in Cooperstown. ... More (Photo by) A Cincinnati native who broke Ty Cobb's hits record in 1985, Rose had always displayed keen interest in Cooperstown. In fact, he was a regular autograph signer during Induction Weekend, often meeting fans and supporters in a private store on Main Street just blocks from the Hall of Fame itself. The reinstatement news will be celebrated in Cincinnati Wednesday, when Great American Ballpark holds Pete Rose Night. His actual enshrinement will now be subject to the 16-man Classic Era committee, made up of incumbent Hall of Famers, historians, and writers. To win election, any candidate would need at least 12 votes, matching the 75 per cent required during the 'regular' election held each January. That committee, which elected former MVPs Dick Allen and Dave Parker to the Class of 2025, will consider players who made their greatest impact before 1980. It meets on a rotating basis every three years. Though he denied the charges for years, Rose allegedly bet on the Cincinnati Reds when he was the team's player-manager in 1985 and 1986 and as manager in 1987. The 225-page John Dowd report released by MLB in 1989 identified men with whom Rose allegedly placed bets. Some baseball writers, unhappy with their inability to vote for Rose, returned blank ballots in protest of the Hall of Fame's 1991 decision to disqualify anyone on MLB's ineligible list. Rose probably made more money selling his signature than he ever did as a player. He also operated a restaurant in Boca Raton, FL. According to Baseball Reference, Rose made $46,000 in his first year, 1967, and a peak of $1 million as a player-manager in 1980. He was one of the first major free agents to change teams, jumping from the Reds to the Phillies after accepting a four-year, $3,225,000 contract offer. In his second season on the East Coast, he added to his coffers when he helped lead the Phils to their first world championship. It was one of three World Series rings he won during his career. He had a .303 career batting average.
New York Times
13-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
The Pete Rose situation explained: What lifting his ban means for his Hall of Fame case
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader, is now eligible for enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but his place in Cooperstown is far from certain. On Tuesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred effectively lifted Rose's lifetime ban by announcing a new policy that permanent ineligibility 'ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual.' Rose accepted a lifetime ban in 1989 and the Hall of Fame instituted a rule in 1991, before Rose's first year of eligibility on the ballot, stating that players on the ineligible list would be ineligible for the Hall of Fame. Rose died on Sept. 30, 2024, at age 83. Shortly after, his family petitioned Manfred to lift the ban. Advertisement Rose's first shot at making the Hall of Fame wouldn't come until December of 2027, for induction in the summer of 2028. Manfred met with Rose's daughter, Fawn, and his former lawyer Jeffrey Lenkov in December. A formal petition, Rose's third, was submitted on January 8. Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and 2015, but was denied by Bud Selig and Manfred, respectively. 'Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game,' Manfred wrote in a letter to Rose's lawyer. 'Moreover, it is hard to conceive of a penalty that has more deterrent effect than one that lasts a lifetime with no reprieve. Therefore, I have concluded that permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual, and Mr. Rose will be removed from the permanently ineligible list.' Baseball writers, who usually have the first shot at electing players to the Hall of Fame, will not get a chance to vote for Rose's spot in Cooperstown. Instead, Rose's case will be subject to the voting process of the Era Committee, formerly and more colloquially known as the Veterans Committee. In March, the Hall of Fame issued a statement saying, 'Voting rules require that candidates on the BBWAA ballot must have played in the Major Leagues no more than 15 years prior to each election.' Since Rose's candidacy with the BBWAA has expired, his removal from MLB's permanently ineligible list would then make him eligible for consideration by the Hall of Fame's Era Committee. After Manfred's announcement Tuesday, Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark made it clear that the Hall now considers Rose a viable candidate to go through that process — and will examine the cases of other deceased players, as well. Advertisement 'The National Baseball Hall of Fame has always maintained that anyone removed from Baseball's permanently ineligible list will become eligible for Hall of Fame consideration,' Forbes Clark said in a statement. 'Major League Baseball's decision to remove deceased individuals from the permanently ineligible list will allow for the Hall of Fame candidacy of such individuals to now be considered. The Historical Overview Committee will develop the ballot of eight names for the Classic Baseball Era Committee – which evaluates candidates who made their greatest impact on the game prior to 1980 – to vote on when it meets next in December 2027.' Rose's greatest contributions to the game — the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1963, the NL Most Valuable Player in 1973, three batting titles, two World Series titles and two more NL pennants, the bulk of his 4,256 hits — came before 1980, making him a candidate for the Classic Baseball Era Committee, rather than the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. Rose did win another World Series with the Phillies in 1980, appeared in the World Series with Philadelphia in 1983 and broke Ty Cobb's all-time hit record in 1985, however. The Classic Baseball Era committee meets every three years. Last December, the Classic Baseball Era committee elected Dick Allen and Dave Parker. Parker received 14 of 16 votes and Allen received 13, one more than the 12 needed for election. Tommy John received seven votes, while Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris and Luis Tiant each received fewer than five votes. Parker, like Rose, is a Cincinnati native and played for Rose with the Reds. He and Allen, who died in 2020, will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner this July. The Era Committee consists of 16 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, executives, and veteran media members. As with the BBWAA ballot, a candidate must receive 75 percent of the votes from the committee to be elected to the Hall. The members of the committee are selected by the Hall of Fame board. Last year, the committee was made up of Hall of Fame members Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray, Tony Pérez, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith and Joe Torre; major league executives Sandy Alderson, Terry McGuirk, Dayton Moore, Arte Moreno and Brian Sabean; and veteran media members/historians Bob Elliott, Leslie Heaphy, Steve Hirdt, Dick Kaegel and Larry Lester. Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark served as the non-voting chairman of the Classic Baseball Era Committee. That group would not necessarily be the same in 2026 when Rose could be considered. Advertisement The group meets in early December and the results are announced at the Winter Meetings shortly after. In the aftermath of the accusations that the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, Major League Baseball instituted an official rule against gambling. MLB Rule 21(d) states: 'Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform, shall be declared permanently ineligible.' An investigation into Rose showed that he bet on baseball both as a player and a manager while with the Cincinnati Reds late in his career. Rose served as the Reds' player-manager from August 1984 until 1986. He continued to manage the Reds after he stopped playing. Rose denied gambling on baseball at the time. He later claimed he had an understanding that he could apply for reinstatement a year after agreeing to the punishment. The commissioner at the time, A. Bartlett Giamatti, died eight days after Rose's banishment. His successor, Fay Vincent, never heard Rose's appeal. 'While it is my preference not to disturb decisions made by prior Commissioners,' Manfred wrote, 'Mr. Rose was not placed on the permanently ineligible list by Commissioner action but rather as the result of a 1989 settlement of potential litigation with the Commissioner's Office. My decision today is consistent with Commissioner Giamatti's expectations of that agreement.' In 1991, in what would've been Rose's first year of eligibility on the Baseball Writers Association of America Hall of Fame ballot, the Hall of Fame instituted a rule barring anyone on the permanently ineligible list from being eligible for the Hall of Fame. After denying that he bet on baseball for nearly 15 years, Rose admitted to betting on baseball in his 2004 book, 'My Prison Without Bars.' Later, he would sign and sell baseballs with the inscription, 'Sorry I bet on baseball.' Advertisement Rose continued to deny betting against the Reds. Not directly. Any presidential pardon would be entirely unrelated to MLB's disciplinary process, which is what was keeping Rose out of the Hall of Fame. Trump didn't specify what a pardon would be for, but Rose was sentenced to five months in prison for submitting falsified tax returns in 1990. (Rose also faced allegations of sex with a minor stemming from testimony that surfaced in a 2017 defamation lawsuit; he was never charged with a crime in that instance). However, Manfred and Trump did meet at the White House at the end of April, and Manfred said that they discussed Rose's eligibility. Rose sent a letter to Manfred in 2022 asking for forgiveness. In November of that season, Manfred told The Athletic's Evan Drellich that he believed the punishment was just. 'I believe that when you bet on baseball, from Major League Baseball's perspective, you belong on the permanently ineligible list,' Manfred said in 2022. 'When I dealt with the issue, the last time he applied for reinstatement, I made clear that I didn't think that the function of that baseball list was the same as the eligibility criteria for the Hall of Fame. That remains my position. I think it's a conversation that really belongs in the Hall of Fame board. I'm on that board, and it's just not appropriate for me to get in front of that conversation.' When Manfred denied Rose's petition for reinstatement in 2015, he said Rose's conduct was among the reasons he denied the request, writing: 'In short, Mr. Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life either by an honest acceptance by him of his wrongdoing, so clearly established by the Dowd Report, or by a rigorous, self-aware and sustained program of avoidance by him of all the circumstances that led to his permanent ineligibility in 1989.' (Photo of Rose: Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
Associated Press
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by 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. Rose's permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and comes a day before the Cincinnati Reds will honor baseball's career hits leader with Pete Rose Night. Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league's policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire after death. Under the Hall of Fame's current rules, it appears the earliest Rose or Jackson could be inducted would be in 2028. Rose agreed to a permanent ban on Aug. 23, 1989, following an investigation commissioned by Major League Baseball concluded Rose repeatedly bet on the Reds as a player and manager of the team from 1985-87, a violation of a long-standing MLB rule. Rose first applied for reinstatement in September 1997, but Commissioner Bud Selig never ruled on the request. Manfred in 2015 rejected a petition for reinstatement, saying 'Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life.' Rose died Sept. 30 at age 83, and a new petition was filed Jan. 8 by Jeffrey Lenkov, a lawyer who represented Rose. Lenkov and Rose's daughter Fawn had met with Manfred on Dec. 17. A 17-time All-Star during a playing career from 1963-86, Rose holds record for hits (4,256), games (3,562), at-bats (14,053), plate appearances (15,890) and singles (3,215). He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, 1973 MVP and 1975 World Series MVP. A three-time NL batting champion, he broke the prior hits record of 4,191 set by Ty Cobb from 1905-28. Jackson was a .356 career hitter who was among the eight Chicago Black Sox banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. Jackson twice appeared on a BBWAA ballot before the Hall's rules change, receiving 0.9% in 1936 and 1% of a nominating vote in 1940. What else needs to happen for Rose or Jackson to reach the Hall of Fame? Under a rule adopted by the Hall's board of directors in 1991, anyone on the permanently ineligible list can't be considered for election to the Hall. Rose's reinstatement occurred too late for him to be considered for the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot. If not on the permanently banned list, Rose would have been eligible on the ballots each from 1992 through 2006. He was written in on 41 votes in 1992 and on 243 of 7,232 ballots (3.4%) over the 15 years, votes that were not counted. Without the ban, both players appear to be eligible for the Hall's Classic Baseball Era, which next meets to consider players in December 2027 and considers those whose greatest contributions to the sport were before 1980. A 10-person historical overview committee selects the ballot candidates with the approval of the Hall's board and the ballot is considered by 16 members at the winter meetings, with a 75% or higher vote needed. The committee members include Hall of Fame members, team executives and media/historians. Among the players in the 2028 class eligible for the BBWAA ballot are Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina. Did Trump help get Rose reinstated? Rose's supporters have included U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he intends to pardon Rose posthumously. Manfred discussed Rose with Trump when the pair met in April, but he hasn't disclosed specifics of their conversation. It's not clear what a presidential pardon for Rose would entail. Rose entered guilty pleas on April 20, 1990, to two counts of filing false tax returns, admitting he failed to report $354,968 during a four-year period. Rose was sentenced on July 19, 1990, by U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel in Cincinnati to five months in prison. He also was fined $50,000 and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service as a gym teacher's assistant with inner-city youths in Cincinnati as part of a one-year probation period. The first three months of the probation were to be spent at the halfway house. Rose repaid the Internal Revenue Service $366,042. ___ AP MLB:
