Decision on Pete Rose reinstatement to be made by end of 2015

Commissioner Manfred informed Mr. Rose that he will make a decision by the end of the calendar year.

Now that Pete Rose has met with Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and formally applied for reinstatement, the first question is: Will Rose get back in? Manfred agreed to allow Rose to participate in the 2015 All-Star game in January, and in March said he would consider Rose’s request for reinstatement.

With apparently numerous pieces of tangible evidence against Rose, what does that say about his chances?

Rose was banned from the league in 1989 when an investigation revealed that he had placed bets on games when he was the manager of the Reds.

Pat Courntey, spokesman for Major League Baseball, cautioned that the topic has yet to be discussed officially among team owners and that no expansion committee has been formed.

“It’s going well. We have a baseball commissioner who wants to expand…He already said Canada is a market for him – and Montreal”.

Rose met Manfred with his representatives for a little less than two hours, making his case for reinstatement, but received no indication of how Manfred plans to rule. So, by promising Rose a decision by the end of the calendar year, Manfred essentially gave himself three months to issue his ruling.

Pete Rose, the MLB’s all-time hits leader, could be reinstated this year.

Rose’s attorney may have tried to build a case around MLB’s written “Agreement and Resolution” with Rose, signed by Giamatti and Rose that fateful day on August. 24, 1989.

“No one in the history of the game who has been declared permanently ineligible has been reinstated”, Dowd said. Baseball’s Rule 21 (d) expressly forbids gambling on baseball games.

Rose had a record 4,256 hits in a 24-year playing career that featured 19 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds. “Outside the Lines” reported in June that Rose might have gambled as a player, though he hasn’t admitted to doing so.