Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader, is now eligible for enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but his place in Cooperstown is far from certain. On Tuesday,

On the day that Pete Rose was banned from baseball in August 1989, Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti did something that is impossible to imagine today. He stood in front of a horde of reporters at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan.

Rose, a.k.a. Charlie Hustle (the nickname was an insult he happily embraced), was a competitive monster over his long career (1963–1986), mostly with the Cincinnati Reds, overcoming an unimpressive athletic toolkit through sheer force of will. "I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" was his mantra.

MLB lifting the Hall of Fame ban on deceased players such as Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson came decades too late. Now the ghost legends must wait until 2027 to see if two committees let them in,

As news broke that Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose are now eligible for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, some people are wondering why Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned from baseball in the first place.

Baseball's most famous outcasts may finally get their plaques in Cooperstown. In a stunning decision that rewrites baseball history, Commissioner Rob Manfred has officially removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson,

Major League Baseball has reinstated baseball’s all-time hit leader, but should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?

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