The all-time hit leader was banned from baseball for betting on games and was never inducted into the Hall of Fame.
President Donald Trump said on Friday he will be signing a pardon for Pete Rose, who died in September before ever seeing himself inducted into the Hall of Fame.
President Donald Trump says he would give a pardon to all-time hits leader Pete Rose, who was banned from baseball and died last September at age 83.
The president declared that baseball has been "dying all over the place" as he revealed his plan to posthumously pardon the controversial player.
President Trump said he would sign a 'complete PARDON' of Pete Rose, who was banned from baseball's Hall of Fame over his gambling.
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Pete Rose used to set up shop during Hall of Fame induction week in Cooperstown, New York, a nonperson hawking his autographed products, a huckster banished to the edge of things. People flocked to the sideshow because they loved Rose, because America enjoys a spectacle and because the four-legged lady presumably was out of town.
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Pete Rose is apparently getting a posthumous presidential pardon. For what, we still don't quite know. President Donald Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts of influencing the 2016 presidential election with hush money payments to a porn star,
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