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Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Cleveland Hall of Famer 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson removed from baseball ineligible list
Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame member 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson can now become a Baseball Hall of Fame member. Headshot of American baseball player 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson (1889 - 1951) in his Chicago White Sox uniform, 1919. (Photo) Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Tuesday, May 13 that Jackson, Pete Rose and other deceased players would be removed from the leagues permanently ineligible list. Advertisement ESPN first reported the news of the decision. "Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game," Manfred wrote in a letter to attorney Jeffrey M. Lenkov, who petitioned for Rose's removal from the list Jan. 8. "Moreover, it is hard to conceive of a penalty that has more deterrent effect than one that lasts a lifetime with no reprieve. Jackson played for the Cleveland Naps (now known as the Guardians) from 1910 to 1915. Cleveland traded him to the Chicago White Sox in August of 1915. In Cleveland, Jackson hit .408 in his first full Major League season in 1911, scoring 126 runs and driving in 83 with seven home runs. He hit .395 the next year with 121 runs and 90 RBIs. He never hit lower than .338 during a full season with Cleveland. Advertisement Jackson played 5 1/2 seasons for Cleveland before being traded to Chicago. In 2,502 at bats with Cleveland, he his .374 with 24 home runs, 353 RBIs, 474 runs and 138 stolen bases. He still holds the club record for career batting average. While with Cleveland, he was in the top 10 in MVP voting four times. He was second in 1913 to Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson. Jackson was an inaugural member of the team's Hall of Fame class in 1951. His overall lifetime batting average in MLB was .356, to go with a .423 on-base percentage and a .517 slugging percentage. Jackson was traded by Cleveland to Chicago for Braggo Roth, Ed Klepfer, $31500 and a player to be named later who ended up being Larry Chappell. Advertisement Chick Gandil, who played for Cleveland in 1916, also was removed from the ineligible list. Jackson and Gandil were part of the Chicago Black Sox team that threw the 1919 World Series. Jackson hit .375 in that World Series. The earliest Jackson or Rose could be inducted into the Hall of Fame is 2028. Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on baseball. He died at 83 on Sept. 30. Lenkov filed a new petition to have him reinstated on Jan. 8. The Reds are hosting Pete Rose Night on Wednesday, May 14. This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson removed from ineligible list
New York Times
15-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
One day after Pete Rose's reinstatement, Cincinnati celebrates his life and career
CINCINNATI — Wednesday night's celebration was far from the first Pete Rose Night held at the Cincinnati Reds' Great American Ball Park. In 2016, Cincinnati hosted back-to-back events honoring Rose, inducting him into the team's Hall of Fame and retiring his number the following day. The next year, the team dedicated a statue to Rose outside the stadium and brought him back in front of another sell-out crowd. Advertisement A total of 43,585 fans came to the stadium for a game against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday to honor the life and achievements of Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader, who died last September at age 83. But this particular Pete Rose Night felt different — and not just because Rose wasn't there. In the wake of Commissioner Rob Manfred's announcement Tuesday that 'permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual,' Rose, who accepted a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989 for gambling, was removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list and reinstated. For the first time in the ballpark's 22-year history, the specter of Rose's banishment from the game he championed was gone. For years, even during lean times for the Reds, Rose could always bring a crowd. In 2016, when Rose was inducted into the Reds' Hall of Fame and his number was retired and in 2017 when his statue was dedicated, the franchise was in a rebuilding phase, losing 94 games in each of those seasons. Wednesday was no different, with the team recording just its second sell-out of the season. Despite the Reds falling for the second night in a row to a White Sox team that lost 29 of its first 41 games, Cincinnati recorded its largest crowd in stadium history for a non-Opening Day weekday game. 'You could definitely feel the love that Cincinnati had for Pete and the way he played the game,' said Reds starter Nick Lodolo. Rose's No. 14 was everywhere, from the replica jerseys handed out to each of the fans who came through the gates, to the patch on the Reds' uniform, a black tarp with the number 14 over the mound during batting practice, a 14-second long moment of silence before the national anthem, which was performed by 14 students from Rose's alma mater, Western Hills High School, down to the 7:14 p.m. start time. The game itself was played on May 14. 'In Pete, we saw an embodiment of Cincinnati,' said Reds public address announcer Joe Zerhusen in a recorded video highlighting Rose's accomplishments. 'In Pete, we saw ourselves.' In between the first-base line and the home dugout at GABP, long-time Reds radio play-by-play announcer Marty Brennaman, a friend of Rose's, held a question-and-answer session with Rose's Big Red Machine teammate George Foster, former Reds outfielder Eric Davis who played with and for Rose and Hall of Famer and Cincinnati native Barry Larkin, who made his big-league debut under Rose. Advertisement Brennaman fed the crowd, sharing stories about Rose on the field and in the dugout. He teed Foster up to tell the story of how Rose told manager Sparky Anderson to relax following the team's Game 6 loss to the Boston Red Sox in the 1975 World Series. 'He tried to calm Sparky down, and it turned out we won the seventh game,' Foster said to cheers. Larkin told the story of having flight delays from the Reds' Triple-A home in Denver to Cincinnati for his debut in 1986 and arriving late to his first day in the big leagues. Larkin arrived at Riverfront Stadium before his bags did and pinch-hit that night using Rose's bat and spikes and Davis' batting gloves. 'After the game, I was going to take that bat and those cleats home with me, but he met me at the door and told me to give them back,' said Larkin, who was raised in Cincinnati like Rose. Despite that, Larkin said Rose helped him deal with the pressure of playing for his hometown team. 'He talked to me about the responsibilities of being a Cincinnatian and representing the city,' Larkin said. Larkin and Davis credited Rose the manager for much of the success the team had after Rose was banished from baseball. Davis said with Rose, everything was about winning. He didn't care about the age of a player, just if he could play. 'In 1986, we broke camp with five rookies, at that time that was unheard of and that was the start of what we ended up doing by winning the World Series in 1990,' Davis said. Earlier that day, the city of Cincinnati, in conjunction with the Reds, dedicated a ballfield in Boldface Park — where Rose used to play as a child — in Rose's name. The dedication of a park, statue, plaque or anything else for Rose will draw a crowd in Cincinnati. While Rose's legacy may be considered complicated anywhere else, here it is less so. Advertisement Amid a constant rain that dissipated for the game later in the day, TV cameras, reporters, Cincinnati's vice mayor, Reds representatives and members of the Rose family, including his daughter Fawn, sons Pete Jr. and Tyler, and several grandchildren, mixed with local residents under the stone and concrete pavilion that has long been the defining feature of Boldface Park to escape the weather and honor Rose. The audience was such that nobody paused or offered a rebuttal when multiple speakers referred to Rose as the greatest player in baseball history, an opinion that would get pushback anywhere outside the 513 area code. Less than 24 hours earlier, Fawn Rose was in Seattle getting ready to board a plane to Cincinnati when she got a call from family lawyer Jeffery Lenkov informing her of Manfred's decision, effectively renewing Rose's Hall of Fame hopes. The debate over Rose's place in Cooperstown is now more than a hypothetical. Rose's case won't be heard for more than two years, but he will have a chance. As Fawn stood at the podium on the field her father grew up playing on, she spoke about what the day meant to her and her family. 'My dad did bring Petey and I down here when we were kids, so we knew the whole history of what this meant to him as a kid growing up,' Fawn said. Phil Castellini, the Cincinnati Reds' president and Chief Executive Officer, spoke at Boldface Park and said that the evening's festivities at GABP were just a warmup for 'the real party' in Cooperstown, N.Y. He ended his speech by saying, 'God bless America. God Bless the Cincinnati Reds and God bless Pete Rose.' The evening's festivities turned out to be lively on their own. Lines to the stadium's main entrance were still backed up at the gates even after first pitch. Seats that had sat empty since Opening Day were filled. One stadium worker noted late in the game that the night had been busier than Opening Day, the city's unofficial holiday. That is the power of Pete Rose in Cincinnati. 'This city was my dad, as my brother said … Cincinnati baseball, it's in our DNA,' Fawn Rose said at Great American Ball Park. 'We're West Siders… This night is amazing. This is really for you all. You really are our extended family.'
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Reds celebrate 'Pete Rose Night' after MLB all-time hits leader's removal from ineligible list
Pete Rose is off the MLB ineligible list and permitted for Hall of Fame consideration. The Cincinnati Reds are taking advantage of the moment. As luck would have it, the Reds already had "Pete Rose Night" scheduled for Wednesday, one day after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced he was removing Rose and 15 other deceased ball players from MLB's permanently ineligible list. The decision opens the door for Rose to get his first shot at the Hall of Fame in December 2027. It's unclear how much the Reds already had planned to honor MLB's all-time hits leader, but it can't be denied that they went all-out Wednesday, with special No. 14 warm-up shirts and a three-minute tribute video before their game against the Chicago White Sox. Repping 1⃣4⃣ in warmups 🌹 — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 14, 2025 All fans in attendance received a free replica road Rose jersey, and the fans gave a standing ovation pregame to honor the late ballplayer. A standing ovation and 'Pete' chants at Great American Ball Park on Pete Rose night. #Reds @FOX19 — Gabi Sorrentino (@GSorrentinoTV) May 14, 2025 The Reds shared images of a large display of red roses around Rose's statue at Great American Ball Park. 🌹🌹🌹🌹 — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 14, 2025 Earlier in the day, they dedicated Rose's childhood baseball field as Pete Rose Field. The West Side Cincinnati field where Pete learned to play baseball was renamed Pete Rose Field today! — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 14, 2025 The Reds retired Rose's No. 14 with MLB's blessing in 2016, as part of a softening relationship between the league and player during the later years of Rose's life. He lived much of his retired life as a baseball pariah, spending much of his time in casinos and at autograph conventions. Wednesday saw a full reversal of that status, with thousands of fans cheering for the man who accepted a permanent ban from the game in 1989 in the face of overwhelming evidence that he bet on the Reds while managing them in the late 1980s, then had his legacy further clouded by a tax evasion conviction and statutory rape allegations. Manfred's decision was largely treated as a vindication for Rose's legacy, with the commissioner presenting it as a merciful act eight months after the man's death (and two months after President Donald Trump made very clear he wanted it done). The next step for Rose would be Cooperstown enshrinement, though it's still unclear how that side of the equation will work out. When discussing how Rose's removal from the ineligible list clears the way for him to enter the Hall of Fame, it's important to remember he was off the ballot because the Hall of Fame unanimously voted for a rule to explicitly ban ineligible-list players right before his turn was to come up. The Hall of Fame did not want to make a plaque for Rose in 1991, and Rose's current candidacy entirely depends on how much that stance has softened among the 16-member Classic Baseball Era Committee. Rose certainly did nothing to help himself while he was out of the sport, as he missed his best chance to come off the ineligible list when Bud Selig made him an offer reportedly contingent on his coming clean. Rose did finally admit to betting on baseball as Reds manager in 2004 and even started apologizing a few years later, but there is physical evidence that he went to his grave lying about making bets as a player. And that's just the matter of Rose's betting. There's also the fact that one of his bats, used in 1985 while he was in pursuit of Ty Cobb's hits record, was found to contain telltale signs of corking in 2010, with another guy later coming forward to say he did bat-corking for Rose. Then there are the truly heinous allegations raised by former Rose investigator John Dowd. Dowd alleged in a 2015 interview that Rose committed statutory rape with 12-to-14-year-old girls provided by a memorabilia dealer at spring training in the 1970s, when Rose was a married father of two in his 30s. Rose sued for defamation, and Dowd's legal team responded with a sworn statement from a woman who said she had a consensual relationship with Rose in Ohio when she was younger than 16 years old. That fallout saw Rose fired from his job at Fox Sports, and the defamation lawsuit was later dismissed with prejudice after the two sides reached an agreement. Years later, Rose didn't deny the allegations so much as express annoyance that they were brought up. For years, Rose's case has been presented as a matter of how much grace MLB was willing to give him, but his being eligible for the Hall of Fame could mean reckoning with some aspects of his character that came to light well after his ban. Going forward, a certain 12 out of 16 people will need to be convinced that he really is worthy of the Hall of Fame.
CBS News
15-05-2025
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- CBS News
Davis Martin helps the White Sox beat the slumping Reds
Davis Martin pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the slumping Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Wednesday night for their season-high third consecutive win. Lenyn Sosa and Michael A. Taylor homered as Chicago improved to 14-29 with its fourth victory in five games overall. The White Sox were 13-30 after 43 games in 2024, when they went 41-121 to break the post-1900 major league record for losses in a season. Martin (2-4) allowed seven hits in a career-high 6 2/3 innings in his first win since April 11. The right-hander went 0-3 with a 3.86 ERA in his previous five appearances. Mike Vasil handled the ninth for his first save in his 13th career game. Playing in front of a capacity crowd of 43,585 on Pete Rose Night, Cincinnati lost for the ninth time in 11 games. The Reds have scored a total of 16 runs in their last five games, and that includes a 13-9 victory at Houston on Saturday. Spencer Steer homered for Cincinnati, which went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Steer and Gavin Lux each had two of the team's nine hits. The White Sox jumped in front in the second against Nick Lodolo (3-4). Luis Robert Jr. singled, stole second and scored on Andrew Vaughn's double into the corner in left. Robert added an RBI single in the fifth, and Sosa connected for his third homer in the sixth. Taylor hit a leadoff drive in the seventh against Scott Barlow. Lodolo was charged with three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Key moment Austin Hays hit a two-out RBI double for Cincinnati in the eighth. But Steer flied out to center, ending the inning. Key stat The White Sox are 5-17 on the road this season. They went 18-63 on the road last year. Up next Bryse Wilson (0-1, 4.88 ERA) starts for the White Sox in the series finale on Thursday afternoon. Nick Martinez (1-4, 4.23 ERA) pitches for the Reds.
Fox Sports
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Davis Martin helps the White Sox beat the slumping Reds 4-2
Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Davis Martin pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the slumping Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Wednesday night for their season-high third consecutive win. Lenyn Sosa and Michael A. Taylor homered as Chicago improved to 14-29 with its fourth victory in five games overall. The White Sox were 13-30 after 43 games in 2024, when they went 41-121 to break the post-1900 major league record for losses in a season. Martin (2-4) allowed seven hits in a career-high 6 2/3 innings in his first win since April 11. The right-hander went 0-3 with a 3.86 ERA in his previous five appearances. Mike Vasil handled the ninth for his first save in his 13th career game. Playing in front of a capacity crowd of 43,585 on Pete Rose Night, Cincinnati lost for the ninth time in 11 games. The Reds have scored a total of 16 runs in their last five games, and that includes a 13-9 victory at Houston on Saturday. Spencer Steer homered for Cincinnati, which went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Steer and Gavin Lux each had two of the team's nine hits. The White Sox jumped in front in the second against Nick Lodolo (3-4). Luis Robert Jr. singled, stole second and scored on Andrew Vaughn's double into the corner in left. Robert added an RBI single in the fifth, and Sosa connected for his third homer in the sixth. Taylor hit a leadoff drive in the seventh against Scott Barlow. Lodolo was charged with three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Key moment Austin Hays hit a two-out RBI double for Cincinnati in the eighth. But Steer flied out to center, ending the inning. Key stat The White Sox are 5-17 on the road this season. They went 18-63 on the road last year. Up next Bryse Wilson (0-1, 4.88 ERA) starts for the White Sox in the series finale on Thursday afternoon. Nick Martinez (1-4, 4.23 ERA) pitches for the Reds. ___ AP MLB: recommended
