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 detailed statement on his decision, Manfred suggested Rose has not reconfigured his life 26 years after former commissioner Bart Giamatti said, “The burden is entirely on Mr. Rose to reconfigure his life in a way he deems appropriate,” giving Rose an opportunity to apply for reinstatement after one year.
Bud Selig never considered Rose’s request, but when Manfred replaced Selig in January, he said he’d review Rose’s case.