Pete Rose asks Baseball Hall of Fame to make him eligible
8 years, 6 months ago

Pete Rose asks Baseball Hall of Fame to make him eligible

CNN  

Story highlights Pete Rose is asking the National Baseball Hall of Fame to change a rule concerning his eligibility MLB's all-time hits leader was banned from MLB in 1989; his ban was upheld in December CNN — Pete Rose isn’t giving up on his quest to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. “We are writing to respectfully request that Pete Rose be treated exactly the same way that every other Major League Baseball player and manager has been treated from the start of the National Baseball Hall of Fame voting in 1936 until 1991,” the letter addressed to Idelson said. “It is not a part of my authority or responsibility here to make any determination concerning Mr. Rose’s eligibility as a candidate for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame,” Manfred wrote then. “Any debate over Mr. Rose’s eligibility for the Hall of Fame is one that must take place in a different forum,” Manfred wrote.

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Commissioner weighs removing Rose from MLB ineligible list
4 weeks ago

Commissioner weighs removing Rose from MLB ineligible list

China Daily  

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition to have Pete Rose posthumously removed from Major League Baseball's ineligible list, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lenkov attended a Dec 17 meeting with Rose's daughter, Fawn, Manfred and MLB executive Pat Courtney in the commissioner's office. Lenkov told ESPN he is seeking Rose's removal from the banned list …

The Pete Rose situation explained: What a Trump pardon, commissioner discussions may mean
4 weeks ago

The Pete Rose situation explained: What a Trump pardon, commissioner discussions may mean

New York Times  

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a request for Pete Rose to be removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list, which could lead to his eventual selection to the National Baseball 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.. …

Reports: Commissioner weighs removing Pete Rose from MLB ineligible list
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Reports: Commissioner weighs removing Pete Rose from MLB ineligible list

Hindustan Times  

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing whether to reinstate the late Pete Rose from baseball's ineligible list, multiple outlets reported. ESPN said the goal of Rose's family is to finally see the all-time MLB hits leader inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. It wasn't clear on what grounds Trump thought he would issue …

Manfred considering petition to have Rose posthumously removed from ineligible list, AP source says
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Manfred considering petition to have Rose posthumously removed from ineligible list, AP source says

Associated Press  

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition to have Pete Rose posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s ineligible list, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lenkov attended a Dec. 17 meeting with Rose’s daughter, Fawn, Manfred and MLB executive Pat Courtney in the commissioner’s office. Lenkov told ESPN he is seeking Rose’s removal from the banned list …

Trump declares he will posthumously pardon disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose
1 month ago

Trump declares he will posthumously pardon disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump said Friday he would posthumously pardon Pete Rose, the baseball great who was banned for life for betting on games and later jailed for tax evasion. Trump also reiterated his call for Rose -- who died last year aged 83 and was Major League Baseball's all-time hit king -- to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. REUTERS/Peter …

Trump lashes out at Major League Baseball in overnight rant announcing pardon of Pete Rose
1 month ago

Trump lashes out at Major League Baseball in overnight rant announcing pardon of Pete Rose

Raw Story  

Taking a break from attacking Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky after an ugly scene in the Oval Office on Friday that shocked the world, Donald Trump, seemingly out of nowhere, lashed at Major League Baseball in an overnight rant on Truth Social. To go along with his pardons of the rioters who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, …

Reds will wear No. 14 patch on jersey sleeve to honor Pete Rose, who died last year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reds will wear No. 14 patch on jersey sleeve to honor Pete Rose, who died last year

Associated Press  

CINCINNATI — Pete Rose may be on baseball’s permanently ineligible list, but the late hit king’s No. Rose, who died in September at the age of 83, played 19 of his 24 major league seasons with his hometown Reds. A Major League Baseball investigation found he wagered on the Reds to win in games from 1985-87 while playing for and …

Reds honor Pete Rose with a 14-hour visitation at Great American Ball Park
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Reds honor Pete Rose with a 14-hour visitation at Great American Ball Park

The Independent  

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Cincinnati Reds to host public Pete Rose visitation at Great American Ball Park
5 months, 1 week ago

Cincinnati Reds to host public Pete Rose visitation at Great American Ball Park

New York Times  

The Cincinnati Reds will host a 14-hour visitation for Pete Rose at Great American Ball Park next month, according to a statement from Rose’s daughter. The team shared the statement from Fawn Rose on Thursday, thanking the city of Cincinnati and baseball’s fans for their support following Rose’s death last month. Fans have continued to honor Rose at the statue …

Doctors sent Pete Rose 'home from hospital five days before he died' as new details emerge about MLB icon's death
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Doctors sent Pete Rose 'home from hospital five days before he died' as new details emerge about MLB icon's death

Daily Mail  

Pete Rose was sent home from hospital just days before his death last month, a new report has revealed. Pete Rose was sent home from hospital just days before his death last month However, after running multiple tests on Rose, medics are said to have sent him home, where he passed away five days later. Rose seated with Dave Concepcion, …

Pete Rose still not going into Hall of Fame. His MLB ban was permanent not ‘lifetime’
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pete Rose still not going into Hall of Fame. His MLB ban was permanent not ‘lifetime’

Associated Press  

Pete Rose still isn’t going into the Baseball Hall of Fame. While the career hits leader’s banishment from baseball 35 years ago was often referred to as a lifetime ban, and his death this week led some to believe that would end, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from Major League Baseball following a probe of his betting on the game. …

Opinion: We all made the Pete Rose tragedy possible
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: We all made the Pete Rose tragedy possible

LA Times  

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds in 1978. Rose — Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader and most notorious gambler — learned these lessons well. And we must acknowledge the uncomfortable reality that we — the sports media, the fans, the culture — helped make the tragedy of Pete Rose possible. Many people knew it — journalists, Major League Baseball …

Pete Rose's cause of death REVEALED after baseball legend passed away at age of 83
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pete Rose's cause of death REVEALED after baseball legend passed away at age of 83

Daily Mail  

Major League Baseball legend and the sport's all-time hits leader Pete Rose passed away on Monday and his cause of death has now been revealed. The cause of death for MLB legend Pete Rose has been revealed after his passing on Monday Outside Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, fans laid flowers and memorabilia at a statue of Rose doing …

Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83
6 months ago

Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83

Associated Press  

From AP’s archives: Pete Rose told reporters in 2015 that he had a “Hall of Fame life” after MLB chose not to reinstate him into baseball after he was banned for gambling. Major League Baseball, which banished him in 1989, issued a brief statement expressing condolences and noting his “greatness, grit and determination on the field of play.” Reds principal …

Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83
6 months ago

Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83

NPR  

Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83 Baseball great Pete Rose has died. The Cincinnati native thrilled fans throughout his 24-year career with his gritty play and work ethic, and he went on to become Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader. Keith O'Brien interviewed Rose for his book, "Charlie Hustle: The Rise …

Photos: Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader
6 months ago

Photos: Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader

CNN  

Pete Rose, who holds the Major League Baseball record for hits and games played, has died at the age of 83, according to a spokesperson for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner in Nevada. Rose, a switch hitter who played multiple positions during his career, was a 17-time All-Star who won three World Series — two with the …

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died
6 months ago

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died

CNN  

CNN — Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king and the Cincinnati Reds icon whose signature gritty hustle couldn’t outpace the gambling transgressions and obfuscation that kept him out of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has died, according to a spokesperson for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner in Nevada. He stood out for his all-in …

Pete Rose, baseball’s hit king who was banned from the sport, dies at 83
6 months ago

Pete Rose, baseball’s hit king who was banned from the sport, dies at 83

New York Times  

Pete Rose, whose boundless competitive zeal helped make him one of the most triumphant and tragic figures in sports history, rising to the top of Major League Baseball’s career hits list but earning a lifetime ban for gambling on his own team, died on Monday, the Cincinnati Reds confirmed. “By 1984,” Keith O’Brien wrote in “Charlie Hustle,” his 2024 Rose …

Q&A: Ex-MLB commissioner Fay Vincent on Pete Rose’s passing, Hall of Fame chances, legacy
6 months ago

Q&A: Ex-MLB commissioner Fay Vincent on Pete Rose’s passing, Hall of Fame chances, legacy

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the MLB Wild Card Round. Fay Vincent was Major League Baseball’s deputy commissioner in 1989 when Bart Giamatti banned Pete Rose for life. Do you think baseball’s now embrace of gambling should change any perspective on him, or even the Hall of Fame? I’m going to come clean, I’m going to help you with …

Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball
1 year, 8 months ago

Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball, and said the sport’s commercial deals with gambling companies have no impact on the status of the career hits leader. Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation for Major League Baseball by lawyer John Dowd found Rose placed numerous …

The Outsiders: No. 9, Pete Rose
4 years, 2 months ago

The Outsiders: No. 9, Pete Rose

New York Times  

This offseason, leading right up to the 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame announcement, we’re counting down the 100 greatest eligible players not in the Hall of Fame and ranking them in the order in which I would vote them in. Rule 21 begins like so: “Any player or person connected with a Club who shall promise or agree to lose, …

Pete Rose asks for reinstatement, cites Astros and steroids
5 years, 1 month ago

Pete Rose asks for reinstatement, cites Astros and steroids

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Pete Rose again asked Major League Baseball to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and electronic sign stealing. “The time has come to recognize that Mr. Rose’s penalty has become grossly disproportionate relative to Major League Baseball’s treatment of severe wrongdoing by ownership, management and players,” the petition …

Pete Rose applies for reinstatement: If Astros aren’t banned for life, why am I?
5 years, 1 month ago

Pete Rose applies for reinstatement: If Astros aren’t banned for life, why am I?

LA Times  

Pete Rose asked for reinstatement to Major League Baseball on Wednesday, arguing that the lifetime ban on the league’s all-time hit king now represents disproportional punishment because the league did not impose similar discipline in the aftermath of the steroid and sign-stealing scandals. “There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else,” four lawyers …

The Baseball 100: No. 60, Pete Rose
5 years, 2 months ago

The Baseball 100: No. 60, Pete Rose

New York Times  

Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. “He’s only a tick slower than Vada Pinson,” one Reds official said, “and Pinson is the fastest player in baseball.” But it wasn’t just speed that captured the imagination with …

Why the Hall of Fame said no to Pete Rose (again)
7 years, 9 months ago

Why the Hall of Fame said no to Pete Rose (again)

LA Times  

As the Cincinnati Reds prepare to dedicate a statue to Pete Rose this weekend, the Hall of Fame has affirmed its prohibition on banned players. In response to a request from Rose to lift the ban, the Hall of Fame’s board of directors voted in December to affirm the rule that keeps anyone “deemed permanently ineligible by Major League Baseball, …

Banned Rose appeals to Hall of Fame for eligibility
8 years, 6 months ago

Banned Rose appeals to Hall of Fame for eligibility

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Pete Rose is appealing directly to baseball’s Hall of Fame to restore his eligibility, arguing the lifetime ban he agreed to in 1989 was never intended to keep him out of Cooperstown. “At the time Pete agreed to the settlement, the consequences of being placed on the ineligible list were clear and specific — and did not …

Pete Rose asks Hall of Fame to let him stand for election
8 years, 6 months ago

Pete Rose asks Hall of Fame to let him stand for election

LA Times  

When the Cincinnati Reds announced in January that Pete Rose would be inducted into the team’s hall of fame, Rose was asked if he had given up on the prospect of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In deciding not to reinstate Rose last year, Commissioner Rob Manfred said Rose’s status on baseball’s “ineligible list” did not mandate …

Pete Rose denied reinstatement to baseball
9 years, 3 months ago

Pete Rose denied reinstatement to baseball

CNN  

Story highlights MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has denied Pete Rose's application for reinstatement Manfred wrote that consideration for Rose to be reinstated "falls well short" of the requirements Rose, who is the MLB's all-time hits leader, was banned for life in August 1989 for betting on baseball CNN — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has denied Pete Rose’s request …

Pete Rose still banned from baseball after MLB rejects application for reinstatement
9 years, 3 months ago

Pete Rose still banned from baseball after MLB rejects application for reinstatement

LA Times  

Pete Rose is still ineligible for the baseball Hall of Fame. In a written decision, Manfred said Rose had applied for reinstatement in a letter asking for the chance to show he had reconfigured his life since he was banned in 1989 for betting on baseball. Rose’s wagering pattern may have created the appearance to those who were aware of …

Major League Baseball Upholds Ban On Pete Rose
9 years, 3 months ago

Major League Baseball Upholds Ban On Pete Rose

NPR  

Major League Baseball Upholds Ban On Pete Rose Pete Rose will not be eligible for the Hall of Fame, at least for now. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced he will not reinstate Rose, a Hall of Fame-worthy player who became a pariah for betting on the game. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Pete Rose was put on the permanently …

The Pete Rose Controversy
21 years, 10 months ago

The Pete Rose Controversy

NPR  

The Pete Rose Controversy Debate Revived over Status of Baseball Legend's Ban Hear an extended version of Bob Edwards' interview with lawyer John Dowd. toggle caption Card courtesy Eric Westervelt, NPR News toggle caption Ball courtesy Eric Westervelt, NPR News One memorable September night in 1985 at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, Pete Rose transformed his baseball career into something legendary. Sponsor …

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