AUGUST 24

On this date in 1989, Cincinnati Reds manager Peter Edward Rose accepted from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti a permanent banishment to the ineligible list for gambling on baseball games while still a player.  He remains on that list to this day.  I don't think I have to expound on the facts of the case or what has happened in the last 26 years.

I will say that I believe Pete will NEVER be given full pardon by baseball . . . but it may allow him some increased participation.  The Hall of Fame is a completely separate matter.  My guess is there are too many hard line voters who will never vote for him.
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