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MLB could clear the way for Pete Rose to earn Hall of Fame consideration

This comes after president Trump issued a pardon for Rose recently.

By Matt Reed

Reds great Pete Rose shakes hands with his fellow team mates of the 1976 Big Red Machine Reds team as they are introduced before the MLB National League game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Friday, June 24, 2016.
Reds great Pete Rose shakes hands with his fellow team mates of the 1976 Big Red Machine Reds team as they are introduced before the MLB National League game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Friday, June 24, 2016. / Sam Greene / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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Pete Rose was certainly an important part of baseball history, but his checkered past has caused lots of debates over the years about his place in the sport. The former Cincinnati Reds legend passed away last fall and since then there's been more discussions about looking past some of his transgressions.

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That conversation has been furthered recently when president Donald Trump issued a pardon for Rose, who notably bet on baseball and other sporting events during his professional career.

For years, Rose has been exiled from reaching the pinnacle of baseball and being inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame. That could soon change though as commissioner Rob Manfred recently discussed removing the Reds legend from the league's inelligible list.

By being removed from that list, it would potentially clear the way for Rose to be voted into the Hall of Fame. Of course, there would still be plenty of debate on the subject and the writers that cover the league would need to actually vote for him.

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