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On Baseball: Baseball Will Remember Pete Rose, Just Not With a Plaque

With two outs and the bases empty in the bottom of the eighth inning on Aug. 17, 1986, Pete Rose inserted himself into the Cincinnati Reds’ game at Riverfront Stadium. Rose, who was the last active player to be his team’s manager, struck out against Goose Gossage of the San Diego Padres. He never played again.

Rose whiffed again this year in his application for reinstatement to Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred denied his request, revealing damning details in the process. There are no more turns at bat. This is the end of Rose’s story — and, almost certainly, that includes the Hall of Fame.