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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Explains Why He Reinstated Pete Rose
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred met with President Donald Trump weeks ago after Trump expressed his desire to pardon Rose. While ...
THE WEEK5d
MLB lifts ban on Pete Rose, other dead players
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred Tuesday reinstated disgraced baseball great Pete Rose and other deceased players on MLB's permanently ineligible list. Manfred's decision ...
The New York Times5d
MLB’s Rob Manfred met with Donald Trump to talk ‘issues pertaining to baseball’
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. “President Trump is a longtime fan of baseball,” MLB said in a statement Thursday. “As he has ...
The New York Times5d
Rob Manfred considering removing Pete Rose from MLB’s ineligible list: Source
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition filed by the family of Pete Rose to have him posthumously reinstated from the league’s ineligible list, a league source ...
The New York Times6d
The Pete Rose situation explained: What lifting his ban means for his Hall of Fame case
On Tuesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred effectively lifted Rose’s lifetime ban by announcing a new policy that permanent ineligibility “ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual.” ...
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MLB was wrong to reinstate Pete Rose: Why nothing has changed about hits leader's baseball gambling
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that Pete Rose and 16 others, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, have been reinstated from the permanently ineligible list.
The Washington Post6d
Chelsea Janes
Chelsea Janes is the national baseball writer. She covered the 2020 presidential campaign, and was the Post's Washington Nationals beat writer from 2014 to 2018. Before working at The Post, she ...