Pete Rose remains banned. He’ll always remain banned.
Commissioner Rob Manfred rejected Rose’s request for reinstatement, by all accounts the hits king’s final bid to get back in baseball.
In a statement, Manfred suggested Rose has not reconfigured his life, which was one of the prerequisites former commissioner Bart Giamatti when the lifetime ban was implemented in 1989.
Bud Selig never considered Rose’s request, but when Manfred replaced Selig in January, he said he’d review Rose’s case. Monday, Manfred released his decision and mentioned he has evidence that Rose bet on baseball as a player, not just a manager, and said Rose admits he still bets on baseball today.