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.

Pete Rose will be eligible for the Hall of Fame. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Rose's ban has been lifted. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players were also removed from the league's permanently ineligible list.

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 after betting on games while playing for and managing the Cincinnati Reds.

Even after he was reinstated by Major League Baseball, it's clear that many of the current players (and even a manager) are uncomfortable talking about Pete Rose and what his legacy in the game might really be.

If you asked fans of a certain age to point to a date when sports stopped being all about fun and games, they might say Aug. 25, 1989 – the day all-time hits le

Pete Rose was a larger-than-life baseball star during his playing career. But he belonged to Cincinnati. It's where Rose was born, where he played for most of his 24 seasons and also managed. On Wednesday,

Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and 14 others were posthumously removed from MLB's ineligible list, making Hall of Fame induction possible for all of them.

MLB’s Commissioner Rob Manfred said in his ruling that lifetime bans would expire at death, allowing Rose and others to be reinstated. Rose passed away in September of last year.

Jackson was among the eight so-called "Chicago Black Sox" banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. Rose agreed to a ban in 1989 after an investigation concluded he repeatedly bet on the Cincinnati Reds as a player and manager.