Pete Rose's children react to reinstatement by MLB
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Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell is happy for Pete Rose's reinstatement and hopes that Rose is voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Rob Manfred clearly capitulated to Trump, and likely opened floodgates of revenue to Rose‘s heirs, who will petition the Hall of Fame for his candidacy. In return, Trump might get some votes in Ohio.
The most important implication of Manfred's decision has to do with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pursuant to Rose's placement on the permanently ineligible list, the Hall in 1991 ruled that players on that list could not be elected into the Hall of Fame.