As a result, Rose now has a chance to get into the Hall of Fame beginning in December 2027.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose and 16 other deceased individuals from the permanently ineligible list on Tuesday.

The decision, announced by commissioner Rob Manfred Tuesday, makes the sport’s all-time hit king eligible for election to the Hall of Fame.

In a single moment, he changed the possible posthumous career trajectory of two preposterously talented ballplayers — Pete Rose and “Shoeless Joe” Jackson, one banned for decades for gambling on base...

Pete Rose has officially been taken off MLB’s permanently ineligible list.

Manfred changed the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying any bans would expire at death — a shift that impacts 17 former players, coaches and owners.