Trump can wipe the slate clean of Rose’s 1990 conviction on tax evasion charges, which sent him to prison for five months. But even a president can’t get the legendary Cincinnati Reds star out of the MLB jail he’s been in since 1989, when he was found in violation of the league’s rule against gambling on games.
Fact: Pete Rose bet on baseball. Fact: betting on baseball brings a lifetime ban. Fact: Rose is dead. Does that mean he should now be inducted?
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.