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Pete Rose reinstated by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred: How we got here and what it means

Rose’s removal from the permanently ineligible list does not guarantee his enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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Integrity, MLB announced Tuesday, is as fluid as the passing of time.

In a landmark judgment, commissioner Rob Manfred removed MLB’s all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, deadball icon “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased transgressors from the league’s permanently ineligible list. The verdict means Rose, banned in 1989 for betting on major-league games, is now eligible for enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time.