Major League Baseball reinstates Pete Rose’s eligibility for Hall of Fame

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson

The road to get Pete Rose into Cooperstown took a tremendous step forward on Tuesday.

Rose, who was ousted for gambling, has been removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced that players’ ineligibility from the game ends upon their deaths.

Pete Rose should have been in the Hall of Fame long ago and certainly while he was still alive. Glad the way is now clear for it to happen but what a shame they waited until now.