Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition to have Pete Rose posthumously removed from Major League Baseball's ineligible list, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to the AP on Saturday night on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conversations.
ESPN was the first to report on the reinstatement petition filed by Jeffrey Lenkov, a Southern California lawyer who represented Rose prior at age 83 in September.
Lenkov attended a Dec. 17 meeting with Rose鈥檚 daughter, Fawn, Manfred and MLB executive Pat Courtney in the commissioner鈥檚 office. The petition was filed Jan. 8.
A message was left by the AP on Saturday night seeking comment from Lenkov.
A 17-time All-Star, Rose is baseball鈥檚 career leader with 4,256 hits. He also holds the major league record for games played (3,562) and plate appearances (15,890). He was the 1973 春色直播 League MVP and played on three World Series winners.
An investigation for MLB by lawyer John M. Dowd found on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. Rose agreed with MLB on a permanent ban in 1989.
Lenkov told ESPN he is seeking Rose鈥檚 removal from the banned list 鈥渟o that we could seek induction into the 春色直播 Baseball Hall of Fame, which had long been his desire and is now being sought posthumously by his family.鈥 He described Manfred as respectful, gracious and an active participant during their one-hour meeting in December.
Under a rule adopted by the Hall鈥檚 board of directors in 1991, anyone on the permanently ineligible list can鈥檛 be to the Hall.
Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and met with Commissioner Bud Selig in November 2002, but Selig never ruled on Rose鈥檚 request. Manfred in 2015 .
President Donald Trump posted on social media on Friday night that he plans to issue 鈥渁 complete PARDON of Pete Rose.鈥 Trump posted on Truth Social that Rose 鈥渟houldn鈥檛 have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING.鈥
Trump did not specifically mention Rose鈥檚 tax case in which Rose pleaded guilty in 1990 to two counts of filing false tax returns and served a five-month prison sentence.
The president said he would sign a pardon for Rose 鈥渙ver the next few weeks.鈥
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