Donald Trump PARDON PETE ROSE … Let Him In Hall of Fame!

Charlie Hustle’s hustling worked wonders on the baseball field, but his hustling off the field wound up terminating his desperate quest for reinstatement by MLB, as Commissioner Rob Manfred denied Pete Rose’s petition for reinstatement on Monday. MLB wants to make their point very clear, you can not bet on baseball games and get away with it. Rose knew what the consequences were when he did it, he deserves it.

In a report submitted by the commissioner after the announcement, Manfred said Rose had continued to gamble on professional sports and horse racing after the ban, which meant he had “not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life”, even though he is legally able to do so where he lives in Las Vegas. The AP noted that he remains ineligible for consideration following Manfred’s decision, although he would have been a likely candidate for entrance if the ban had been lifted.

And Jeff Idelson, the president of The Hall, told me on Monday that Manfred’s comments wouldn’t have an impact on that long-standing decision.

But the bottom line is this: Pete Rose bet on baseball as a player and a manager. Manfred released a letter to Rose that was then made public that kept Rose’s lifetime ban intact.

Pete Rose in 1989 addresses the media after accepting a lifetime suspension from Major League Baseball. “I, therefore, must reject Mr. Rose’s application for reinstatement”. For years Rose lied about his betting history, saying that he only put down bets as a manager.

Rose submitted two reports to Manfred, one by Dr. Timothy Fong, co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program and director of the UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship.

Rose is now a baseball analyst for Fox Sports.

These facts led Manfred to conclude that Rose has not made enough reconfiguration in his life, which, according to then-commissioner Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was Rose’s best chance to be reinstated. “Most importantly, whatever else a “reconfigured life” may include, in this case, it must begin with a complete rejection of the practices and habits that comprises his violations of Rule 21″, or the misconduct rules that include a ban on gambling, Manfred wrote in his decision.

The notebook had a little more impact than just show he bet on baseball as a player.

Pete Rose before the MLB All-Star baseball game, Tuesday, July 14, … I, and nearly every one else there, agreed with former Reds pitcher Tom Browning, who said: “I think we saw a man humbled tonight”. He was a 17-time All-Star, the 1973 National League MVP and won three batting titles.

Rose was known to use Staten Island bookmakers in his gambling activities, and the S.I. District Attorney’s Office supplied Major League Baseball investigator John Dowd with evidence of Rose’s gambling during the game’s investigation of its wayward superstar.