{"id":2444426,"date":"2025-06-08T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-commissioner-admits-president-trump-played-a-role-in-monumental-pete-rose-decision\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:15:18","slug":"mlb-commissioner-admits-president-trump-played-a-role-in-monumental-pete-rose-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-commissioner-admits-president-trump-played-a-role-in-monumental-pete-rose-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Commissioner Admits President Trump Played a Role in Monumental Pete Rose Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmlb-commissioner-admits-president-trump-played-a-role-in-monumental-pete-rose-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2444426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the posthumous reinstatement of baseball legend Pete Rose by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. It notes that President Donald TrumpS strong support for Rose played a significant role in this decision. Rose,known for his impressive career,was banned from baseball in 1989 after being found guilty of gambling on his team&#8217;s games while managing the cincinnati Reds. This ban prevented him from being eligible for the Hall of Fame despite his record as the all-time leader in hits, games played, and other accolades.<\/p>\n<p>Manfred announced the end of Rose&#8217;s ban after his death in September 2024, arguing that the lifetime aspect of the ban had been fulfilled. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >league owners meeting<\/a>, Manfred acknowledged the influence of Trump, among others, in the reinstatement decision. Rose is now eligible for the Hall of Fame, but his induction will require a vote. Trump&#8217;s vocal support for Rose included statements on social media after his passing, urging Major League Baseball to recognize Rose&#8217;s achievements while he was alive.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie Hustle&rdquo; would&rsquo;ve been proud.<\/p>\n<p>MLB commissioner Rob Manfred all but admitted that President Donald Trump&rsquo;s relentless support of baseball legend Pete Rose played a major role in his reinstatement to the sport posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>Rose &mdash; whose own relentless hustle on the baseball diamond helped cultivate a Hall of Fame-worthy career &mdash; had been suspended from baseball in 1989 after it was found that he had gambled on his own team when he was a manager of the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n<p>That allegation haunted Rose, the all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-roses-family-and-cincinnati-reds-announce-free-open-to-all-event-to-celebrate-life-of-charlie-hustle\/\" title=\"...&#039;s Family and Cincinnati Reds Announce &#039;Free, Open-to-All&#039; Event to Celebrate Life of ...\">-time major league leader<\/a> in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and singles (3,215), and prevented him from ever being eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Manfred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-mlb-reinstates-controversial-legends-including-pete-rose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended that ban<\/a> after Rose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-roses-family-cincinnati-reds-announce-free-open-event-celebrate-life-charlie-hustle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed away<\/a> in September, eventually arguing that the &ldquo;lifetime&rdquo; part of the ban had been fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>During Wednesday&rsquo;s league owners meeting, Manfred spoke to the media and revealed the role Trump played in Rose&rsquo;s reinstatement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president was one of a number of voices that was supportive of the idea that this was the right decision,&rdquo; Manfred said, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/manfred-rose-robot-umps-olympics-fd1f94919c55f5631c892b868eeebc03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;Obviously, I have respect for the office and the advice that he gave I paid attention to, but I had a lot of other people that were weighing in on the topic, as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rose, who is now eligible for the Hall of Fame but must still be voted in, has long been championed by Trump, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deion-sanders-jumps-to-defend-opposing-player-whos-getting-death-threats-after-illegal-hit-i-want-you-guys-to-record-this\/\" title=\"Deion Sanders defends player receiving death threats after illegal hit: &#039;Record this!&#039;\">avid sports fan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president actually posted two separate messages on the topic once Rose died.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Rose&rsquo;s passed away, Trump immediately took to X to comment on it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The GREAT Pete Rose just died. He was one of the most magnificent baseball players ever to play the game. He paid the price! Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago. Do it now, before his funeral! DJT<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1841297685938409858?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The GREAT Pete Rose just died. He was one of the most magnificent baseball players ever to play the game. He paid the price! Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago,&rdquo; Trump posted. &ldquo;Do it now, before his funeral!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Months later at the end of February &mdash; and just a couple scant months before Manfred reinstated Rose &mdash; the president took to his very own  to again press the issue and direct much more pointed fury at the MLB:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114085325641437111\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Major League Baseball didn&rsquo;t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as &lsquo;Charlie Hustle,&rsquo; into the Baseball Hall of fame,&rdquo; Trump posted. &ldquo;Now he is dead, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-roses-daughter-speaks-fathers-reinstatement-1-major-plea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never experience the thrill<\/a> of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and can only be named posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;WHAT A SHAME!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred nearly acknowledged that President Donald Trump&#8217;s unwavering support for baseball icon Pete Rose significantly influenced his posthumous reinstatement to the sport. Rose, known for his tireless effort on the field that earned him a Hall of Fame-caliber career, was banned from baseball in 1989 after it was revealed he had bet on his own team while managing the Cincinnati Reds. This allegation shadowed Rose, who holds records for most hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), and singles (3,215) in Major League history and barred him from ever being eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Manfred lifted that ban following Rose&#8217;s death in September, arguing that the &#8220;lifetime&#8221; aspect of the suspension had been served.<\/p>\n<p>During a league owners meeting on Wednesday, Manfred addressed reporters and disclosed Trump&#8217;s influence on Rose&#8217;s reinstatement: &#8220;The president was one of several voices supporting this decision,&#8221; he stated according to the Associated Press. He added that while he respected Trump&#8217;s input as president and considered it seriously, many others also contributed their opinions on the matter. Now eligible for Hall of Fame induction but still requiring votes to be selected, Rose has long had Trump as an advocate due to his passion for sports.<\/p>\n<p>After Rose&#8217;s passing, Trump made two public statements regarding him. Shortly after his death on October 2nd, 2024, Trump posted: &#8220;The GREAT Pete Rose just died&#8230; Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago. Do it now before his funeral!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Later in February-just months before Manfred reinstated Rose-Trump expressed more frustration towards MLB: &#8220;Major League Baseball didn&#8217;t have the courage or decency to put late great Pete Rose&#8230; into the Baseball Hall of Fame&#8230; WHAT A SHAME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2444427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pete-Rose-First-Pitch.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[12138,35959,3634],"class_list":["post-2444426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mlb","tag-pete-rose","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pete-Rose-First-Pitch.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444430,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444426\/revisions\/2444430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}