An interesting piece of news came afoot regarding Pete Rose and the Baseball Hall of Fame this week.
The new Major League Baseball Commissioner, Rob Manfred, stated that he would be making a decision to potentially reinstate Rose to Baseball and pardon him from gambling on the sport has a lot of ears raised. Rose has been banned for twenty-five years and throughout the Bud Selig era there was no discernable talk that he would be reinstated. There is now a glimmer of hope that the Hit King of Baseball might make it to Cooperstown after all.
This news came form an interview on ESPN’s Mike and Mike Show, where the new commissioner mentioned that he had been in contact with Rose’s lawyers and that it is a “conversation he was willing to have”. It may not seem like much, but this is by far the best chance that he has had in decades.
If by chance Manfred decides to reinstate Pete Rose to Major League Baseball, this does not mean by any stretch that he would be a lock to get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Veterans Committee for Rose’s era meets next in 2016, but it is made up of many players who have never been quick to induct anybody. If whomever makes up the committee wants to still play the moral card, Rose could still be shunned from Cooperstown.
We will certainly be keeping our eyes on how this develops and are hopeful that Rose will be reinstated and take his place in Cooperstown while he is alive.
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