Baseball Hall of Fame reaffirms Pete Rose ban

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Baseball Hall of Fame reaffirms Pete Rose ban

National Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson told Outside the Lines on Thursday that in December, the Hall's board of directors decided to uphold its rule that has effectively prevented consideration of Pete Rose, the career leader in hits, for induction.

According to a statement from the Hall regarding its board's decision, "After extensive discussion, a vote was taken in which the Board ratified the resolution that was passed on February 4, 1991, known today as Rule 3(E) in the BBWAA's election rules. As such, anyone deemed permanently ineligible by Major League Baseball, including Pete Rose, may not be considered for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame."

The board's meeting via conference call was prompted, said Idelson, by a letter from Rose's attorney seeking reconsideration. Rose, when he was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was placed on the ineligible list in 1989 by commissioner Bart Giamatti after Rose signed an agreement with MLB accepting a lifetime ban.

An investigation led by MLB special counsel John Dowd found that Rose had bet on baseball.

[UOK]

He'll never be put in the HoF, at least while he's alive, but it's important he stays banished. It's a precedent setter for baseball and really all major American sports.

[Otis Day]

I think he needs in based off his performance as a player. The ban is more for what he did as a manager. I believe you have to distinguish between the two.