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The investigation rose over Pete Roses Baseball Hall of Fame eligibility when the former Cincinnati Reds star died last year when President Donald Trump weighed in with his own thoughts on the question.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose and several other players from the non -eligible list in May, enabling the possibility of the athletes voting into the Hall of Fame. He admitted at a news conference meeting on Wednesday that Trump’s support for Rose was one of the many factors that went into the decision.
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks at SBJ CAA World Congress of Sport on April 22, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)
“The president was one of a series of votes that supported the idea that this was the right decision,” Manfred said. “Obviously, I have respect for the office and advice he gave I was aware of, but I also had a lot of other people who also weighed on the subject.”
Trump wrote about truth social in March that he planned to pardon Rose. He and Manfred met in April about Rose’s Hall of Fame candidacy.
“Major League Baseball did not have the courage or decency to put the late, big, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle’, into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the tension of being chosen, even if he was a much better player than most of those who made it, and can only be named poshumøst. The president wrote.
“In any case, over the next few weeks, I will sign a complete pardon of Pete Rose, who should not have been games on baseball, but only bet on his team, Baseball Hall of Fame!”
President Donald Trump, Left, supports Pete Rose into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (AP Newsroom/Imag)
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Rose died last September at the age of 83 of hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart -vessel disease.
The efforts to praise a plaque in Cooperstown took a step forward on May 13.
“This Issue Has Never Been Formally Addressed by Major League Baseball, But An Application Filed by the Family of Pete Rose Has Made It Incumbent Upon The Office of the Commissions to Reach A Policy Decision On This Unpreceded Issue In The Modern Era As Mr. Rose Is The FIRST PERSON BANNED AFTER The Tenure The Tenur Kenesaw Mountain Landis to Die While Still on the Inligible List.
Rose admitted to playing in 2004 after years of asserting his innocence. He died in September and predicted 10 days before his death, he would not make the Hall of Fame until after he died, if at all.
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Pete Rose gives the thumb to the fans as he is introduced during a first name ceremony for the unveiling of Pete Rose’s bronze statue, installed outside the stadium before the MLB National League game between Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers in Great American Ball Park in Down Cincinnati 2017. (IMagn)
It was found that Rose Gambled on the Reds, only to win while he was both a manager and a player.
