Since the game’s early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart.

Mike Schmidt: "There's a cloud.. ... I think if you posed the question to all the living Hall of Famers right now, I think it would almost be 50-50."

Pitcher Trevor Bauer will take any opening he can get to lambast Major League Baseball for not giving him another chance.

"There is no doubt: Pete Rose gets in," Jackson said. "There’s already steroid users in the Hall of Fame. They should be put in the Hall of Fame, and just like Pete, when Pete goes in the Hall of Fame, his ban is over and if you want to tell his story, and you have a true story, then tell it and put them in the Hall of Fame."

Pete Rose's reinstatement by MLB surely clears a path for other players, like Barry Bonds, to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But what if neither of them is enshrined?

The Reds are handing out a replica No. 14 Rose jersey to fans in attendance for their game against the White Sox.

"Your reaction that he might finally get his due in Cooperstown." "You want me to go there?" Brennaman asked.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Major League Baseball lifted Pete Rose's permanent ban on May 13, 2025, a decision that deeply moved his daughter, Fawn Rose. After a 36-year wait, Ro