Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose asked the National Baseball Hall of Fame to reconsider a rule that blocks his chances of enshrinement, according to a letter obtained by Yahoo! Sports.
Rose received a lifetime ban from commissioner Bart Giamatti for betting on baseball in 1989. Rose believes that has been kept off the Hall of Fame ballot unjustly.
A rule barring permanently ineligible players from enshrinement in the Hall has been in place since 1991.
Last December, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred decided not to lift Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball.
"It is not part of my authority of responsibility here to make any determination concerning Mr.