HISTORIC REINSTATEMENT – Pete Rose will be eligible for the Hall of Fame. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Rose's ban has been lifted. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players were also removed from the league's permanently ineligible list. Continue reading …

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred ended the lifetime bans of several deceased former major leaguers on Tuesday. Among those reinstated were two of the best hitters in the history of baseball,

MLB’s decision to make Rose eligible for the Hall of Fame is a betrayal of Bart Giamatti, the commissioner who banned him 35 years ago, son says.

MLB's announcement that Pete Rose and others were removed from the permanently ineligible list has the baseball world in a frenzy, many saying Rose should be in the Hall of Fame.

It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It’s been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.

Pete Rose is no longer on Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list, but the league waited a while to make that decision.

The MLB announced it no longer recognizes lifetime bans against players who have died, including Hall of Fame contenders Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson

The Cincinnati Reds are paying tribute to Pete Rose a day after baseball's career hits leader was posthumously removed from the major leagues' permanent ineligibility list.

Pete Rose, banned from baseball for life in 1989, will be eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame after a ruling by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.

Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and 14 others were posthumously removed from MLB's ineligible list, making Hall of Fame induction possible for all of them.

Pete Rose was banned from Major League Baseball after he bet on games while he was a manager and player for the Cincinnati Reds. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated Rose back into the league. Rose died last year and could be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2028.

Pete Rose was taken off Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list, but one former player doesn't want him in the Hall of Fame.