Rose died in September 2024 at the age of 83, and attorney Jeffrey Lenkov filed a petition to remove Rose's permanent ban. In a letter to Lenkov, Manfred said the permanently ineligible list no longer applies to deceased former players.

Major League Baseball has lifted its ban on Greenville native Shoeless Joe Jackson, a move that opens a pathway for the legend to join the Hall of Fame.

For decades, Pete Rose’s legacy was split in two—on one side, the game’s all-time hits leader with 4,256 knocks. And on the other side, a man exiled from the sport he helped define. And now, eight months after his death,