NY Times · Dec 15, 2015
On Baseball: Baseball Will Remember Pete Rose, Just Not With a Plaque
Photo In appealing his banishment from baseball, Pete Rose told Commissioner Rob Manfred that he still bets on the game. Credit Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press With two outs and the bases empty in the bottom of the eighth inning on Aug. 17, 1986, Pete Rose inserted himself into the Cincinnati Reds’ game at Riverfront Stadium. Rose, who was the last active player to be his team’s manager, struck out against Goose Gossage of the San Diego Padres. He never played again.