Pete Rose, Hall of Fame

Has a post from President Trump given Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame candidacy new life? And other thoughts.
Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame absence leaves ex-Mets manager in disbelief
Pete Rose was a baseball legend and shouldn’t be in Hall of Fame. Both things can be true
It sounds nice, the idea that the door may be open for Rose to become eligible. But MLB sacrificing its integrity could be disastrous.
Major League Baseball should think twice before removing Pete Rose from banned list
Fact: Pete Rose bet on baseball. Fact: betting on baseball brings a lifetime ban. Fact: Rose is dead. Does that mean he should now be inducted?
Column: Donald Trump inserts himself into the Pete Rose-Hall of Fame saga — and rips baseball as ‘dying’
Another day, another controversy in the White House, though the potential pardon of Pete Rose is meaningless to his Hall of Fame chances.
Finley: MLB should pardon Pete Rose
Trump can wipe the slate clean of Rose’s 1990 conviction on tax evasion charges, which sent him to prison for five months. But even a president can’t get the legendary Cincinnati Reds star out of the MLB jail he’s been in since 1989, when he was found in violation of the league’s rule against gambling on games.