President Donald Trump said he intends to sign a “complete pardon” by the late Pete Rose, which was banned from baseball for betting.
Trump made the declaration late Friday on his truth social account.
It was not exactly clear what the pardon would cover. Rose, who in 2004 – year after his ban from 1989 – admitted to investing in baseball while handling Cincinnati Reds, never faced criminal charges in connection with betting. In 1990, he spent five months in prison after invoking himself guilty of tax evasion charges.
Rose died September 30 on 83 of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at home in Las Vegas.
Rose, all the time, meets leaders in Major League Baseball with 4,256, is not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame-something that apparently disturbs Trump. Baseball Writers Association of America, which votes for Hall of Fame Entry, and Hall of Fame has fulfilled MLB’s ban on Rose.
“Major League Baseball did not have the courage or decency to put the late, big, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle’, into the baseball Hall of Fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the excitement to be chosen, even though he was a much better player than most of them who did it, and can only be named.
“Anyway, Over the Next Few Weeks I Will Be Signing A Complete Pardon of Pete Rose, Who Shouldn’t Have Been Gambling On Baseball, But Only Bet On His Team Winning. Anyone in Sports History. Baseball, which is Dying All Over the Place, Should Get Off Its Fat, Lazy A–, And Elect Pete Rose, Even Though Far Too Late, Into the Baseball Hall of Fame!
MLB does not check the Hall of Fame vote.
Rose made his Major League debut on April 8, 1963 and played his last match on August 17, 1986, under his Stint as a player with Cincinnati. Overall, he played for the reds from 1963-78 and 1984-86, Philadelphia Phillies (1979-83) and Montreal Expos (1984).
He had a career batting average of .303. Won three National League Batting titles, Rookie of the Year, NL Most Valuable Player (1973) and three World Series titles. He was a 17-o’clock All-Star.
Rose succeeded with the reds during the 1984-89 season and had a record of 412-373.
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