The Cincinnati Reds announced this morning that Pete Rose will be inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame this summer.He will be the lone member of the Hall of Fame class of 2016.
Rose’s appeal for reinstatement into baseball and bid for eligibility in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown was denied by the office of Commissioner Rob Manfred earlier this winter. But as Mark Sheldon points out, in Manfred’s statement at the time, he noted that the Reds are free to continue to celebrate Rose’s on field achievements, as long as they receive permission from the commissioner’s office first.