Donald Trump upset Major League Baseball refuses to reinstate Pete Rose

Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, has made a decision to uphold the permanent ban placed on Pete Rose in 1989, which means the sports all-time hits leader will continue to be kept out of Cooperstown – home of the MLB Hall of Fame.

“And, significantly, he told me he now bets recreationally and legally on horses and sports, including baseball”.

Refusal of treatment hurt: Manfred wrote that Rose has never “seriously” sought any help for gambling addiction, which also hurt his cause. And if his theory is that Rose won money from betting on his team, then so be it. Every player on every team should bet on their team to win every night.

If you’re a discerning NewsCut reader, you could probably tell by my March post that I think it’s time to let Pete Rose back into baseball.

But Rose apparently blew his interview with the commissioner. In fact, Brennaman remembers how Rose treated the media in 1978, the year he put together a National League record 44-game hit streak.

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989. Rose previously was banned back in 1989 and past year Rose met with Manfred in Manhattan to discuss the situation. “I’m proud of the commissioner for protecting the integrity of the game”.

The New York Times reported Monday that Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr.’s decision comes less than three months after he met with the 74-year-old former baseball player at the league’s Manhattan headquarters.

Rose filed for reinstatement for the first time in 1992 and applied again in 1997.

The commissioner says that Rose’s standing with baseball’s Hall of Fame is a separate matter. He reversed his stand and acknowledged he bet on the Reds while managing Cincinnati.

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. 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. For technical reasons that were not Mr. Rose’s responsibility, this report resulted in a conclusion of “no opinion” on the matters subject to the procedure. Monday, Manfred released his decision and mentioned he has evidence that Rose bet on baseball as a player, not just a manager, and said Rose admits he still bets on baseball today.

Manfred allowed Rose participation in certain events tied to the all-star game, and he received a standing ovation before the game as he was honoured by the Reds as part of MLB’s “franchise four” promotion.