The commissioner of the MLB, Rob Manfred did not save anything and answered the letter of Pete Rose, where he asks for clemency for the Hall of Fame.
Pete Rose marked a legendary career in the Grand League – MLBstill holding the record for the most hits in history, but for making bad decisions he has not been exalted to the Hall of Fame, which is why he sent a letter days ago to Rob Manfred asking for mercy, which he responded to this Thursday.
Through an interview in The Athletic, Manfred took the time to answer the words where Rose asks for consideration to be immortalized in the Hall of Fame of MLB.
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“I think when you bet on baseball from a major league perspective, you’re on the permanent ineligible list,” Manfred said.
In addition, the Major League Baseball commissioner added that this issue belongs clearly to those in charge of the temple of the immortals in Coopertown, not to him as part of Major League Baseball.
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Rob Manfred on Pete Rose: “I believe that when you bet on baseball from Major League Baseball’s perspective, you belong on the permanently ineligible list.” But he does not think that list is equivalent to the eligibility for the Hall of Fame. pic.twitter.com/NH9q2OmLVv
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) November 17, 2022
At 81 years old, this legendary member of the Cincinnati Reds is sorry for his mistakes and if we go by numbers, he has the merits to be immortal, since he retired with 4,256 hits, 160 home runs, 1,314 RBIs, 2,165 runs scored and a lifetime average of .303 in 24 seasons.
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