With Pete Rose in particular… We couldn’t do this before they died?
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the move Tuesday to take Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other dead players off the league’s list of permanent ineligibility.
Rose and Jackson, who both had stains on their names thanks to baseball’s mortal sin of gambling, are now eligible to be placed into the Baseball Hall of Fame located in Cooperstown, New York. (RELATED: 15-Year-Old Boy’s Heart Stops In Middle Of Baseball Game. Stranger Saves His Life With Help Of Trick From ‘The Office’)
Manfred made the ruling that banned players on MLB‘s list expire when they die.
“Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game,” said Manfred in a letter issued to lawyer Jeffrey M. Lenkov, who filed the petition Jan. 8 to have Rose taken off the list. “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.”
Major League Baseball issues policy decision on permanent ineligibility status after death: https://t.co/T4EA7Qyi8e pic.twitter.com/7Byd9syrV5
— MLB (@MLB) May 13, 2025
There’s going to be plenty of fans who view this as a good move by MLB, but I can’t help but to view it as disrespectful. I mean, damn, we finally unbanned Pete Rose after he dies?
What a joke!
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
