After all these years, Pete Rose FINALLY is back in baseball.
His lifetime ban still hasn't been lifted and the sport's all-time hits leader still isn't eligible for the Hall of Fame, but Rose is returning ... as a guest baseball analyst for Fox, which has been a Major League Baseball rights holder since 1996.
"I enjoy talking baseball, and that's what this is all about," Rose told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. "Enjoying the game of baseball, sitting in the green room watching two or three games, getting on TV and talking about it.