Trump's influence possible factor in MLB's removal of Pete Rose from ineligible list, ESPN broadcaster says

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," in a letter obtained by ESPN. Seventeen players are now eligible to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

ESPN’s "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcaster Karl Ravech thought Rose’s reinstatement seems associated with Manfred’s recent meeting with President Donald Trump.