The man with 4,256 hits has had about 4,256 chances to put himself in the right light to potentially be reinstated into baseball. It appears as though he hasn’t done that, which is a shame. And so, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday informed Pete Rose that his lifetime ban would remain in place.
This was Rose’s best chance to get back in, with a new commissioner in place and more than 25 years having passed, perhaps slowly washing away the stain. But, Rose will continued to be banned from baseball. And it looks like it is more of his own doing rather than MLB standing on principle.