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Pete Rose (Charlie Hustle, 4256, Reds HOF)

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Pete Rose writes letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred asking for another chance at Hall of Fame

Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose is once again attempting to get back in the good graces of Major League Baseball, writing a letter to league commissioner Rob Manfred in order to apologize for his 1980s gambling scandal and plead for a chance to be considered for the Hall of Fame. Rose's letter to Manfred was obtained and published by TMZ.

https://dam.tmz.com/document/a8/o/2022/11/11/a877b161992341e9b175d58861f8a8b0.pdf

Rose, 81, was banned from Major League Baseball in 1989 as part of a legal settlement between him and then-MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti over Rose's gambling habits, which included his betting on games while serving as manager of the Reds. In his letter, Rose asked for Manfred's forgiveness given that he is now in his eighties while also making an appeal for Hall of Fame consideration.
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While the door was not shut on Rose one day being reinstated when he was first banned by Giamatti in 1989, Giamatti would die of a heart attack shortly afterwards, which has complicated the idea of Rose being reinstated to this day. Rose most recently applied for reinstatement in 2015, an attempt that was denied by Manfred.

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...s-thanks-to-a-changing-rulebook-and-baseball/
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Pete Rose writes letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred asking for another chance at Hall of Fame

Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose is once again attempting to get back in the good graces of Major League Baseball, writing a letter to league commissioner Rob Manfred in order to apologize for his 1980s gambling scandal and plead for a chance to be considered for the Hall of Fame. Rose's letter to Manfred was obtained and published by TMZ.

https://dam.tmz.com/document/a8/o/2022/11/11/a877b161992341e9b175d58861f8a8b0.pdf

Rose, 81, was banned from Major League Baseball in 1989 as part of a legal settlement between him and then-MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti over Rose's gambling habits, which included his betting on games while serving as manager of the Reds. In his letter, Rose asked for Manfred's forgiveness given that he is now in his eighties while also making an appeal for Hall of Fame consideration.
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While the door was not shut on Rose one day being reinstated when he was first banned by Giamatti in 1989, Giamatti would die of a heart attack shortly afterwards, which has complicated the idea of Rose being reinstated to this day. Rose most recently applied for reinstatement in 2015, an attempt that was denied by Manfred.

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...s-thanks-to-a-changing-rulebook-and-baseball/
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Even if MLB does reinstate him, which I don't think is likely, BBWAA would have to do so as well and I find that even more far-fetched.
 
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I don't think Manfred will budge either. It would just set a bad precedence. Rose's only hope is that maybe the next MLB Commissioner would grant his request. If he/she does I guess Rose might eventually get in "posthumously". The irony is now they have legalized betting at Riverfront Stadium:

Cincinnati Reds to open sports betting facility at Great American Ball Park
https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2022/10/11/reds-sports-betting-facility-at-gabp.html

Yeah I know, it's for the fans not the players.....:lol:
 
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Pete Rose places Ohio's first legal sports bet on Reds to win 2023 World Series
At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, the state's legal gambling floodgates opened

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Life has come full circle for MLB legend Pete Rose. After receiving a lifetime ban from the MLB in 1989 for gambling on the Reds while he was managing the team, Rose placed Ohio's first legal sports bet on the Reds winning the 2023 World Series on Sunday.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed legal sports betting into law in December 2021, and at the stroke of midnight on Sunday, the state's legal gambling floodgates opened. Rose was at the Hard Rock Casino in Cincinnati to commemorate the occasion and, once again, stake his place in sports betting history.

"I don't know a damn thing about odds," Rose said after placing his bet on the Reds, per Spectrum News. "Go Reds! Go Bengals!"

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...-sports-bet-on-reds-to-win-2023-world-series/
 
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