Marty Brennaman: "(Pete Rose) dies and dammit, five months later they elect to make him eligible again. I've got a real problem with that."

The Reds paid tribute to Pete Rose, a day after baseball’s career hits leader was removed from MLB's permanent ineligibility list.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pete Rose was removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list on Tuesday. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wrote that upon a player’s death, they are no longer ineligible as they can no longer "represent a threat to the integrity of the game,

To some, it’s a long-overdue gesture of closure that Pete Rose deserves. The post Son of MLB Commissioner Who Handed Lifetime Ban to Pete Rose Breaks Silence on Rob Manfred Reversing Decision appeared first on EssentiallySports.

For 35 years, Major League Baseball hit king, three-time National League batting champion and three-time World Series champion Pete Rose has been ineligible for the Hall of Fame. But he (and the legendary "Shoeless," Joe Jackson of the Chicago "Black Sox") will finally be eligible for enshrinement in Cooperstown.

NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and other players permanently banned by the sport would have their statuses restored at death.

"On behalf of the Reds and our generations of loyal fans, we are thankful for the decision of Commissioner Manfred and Major League Baseball regarding the removal of Pete Rose from the permanently ineligible list.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred ended the lifetime bans of several deceased former major leaguers on Tuesday. Among those reinstated were two of the best hitters in the history of baseball,