Pete Rose Reinstated

     Former South Florida resident and baseball's all-time base hits leader Pete Rose was reinstated by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred from the permanently ineligible list on Tuesday. He is eligible to be elected into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown a couple of years from now in December 2027.  

     He was banned from baseball by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on August 24, 1989. Joe Jackson and other players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox involved in the Black Sox scandal were also reinstated along with Rose today. 

     Rose played his first stint with the Cincinnati Reds from 1963 to 1978 followed by a stint with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1979 to 1983. After a short half-season stop with the Montreal Expos in 1984, he finished his MLB playing career with the Reds from 1984 to 1986.

     He captured three World Series titles during his Major League Baseball career in 1975, 1976 and 1980. Rose won six National League pennants in 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1980 and 1983. He participated on eight different occasions in the National League Playoffs in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981 and 1983. 

     Rose lived in Boca Raton during the 1990s and 2000s. He owned two restaurants named the Pete Rose Ballpark Cafe in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach. Rose did host a weekday nationally syndicated sports talk show on Sportsfan Radio Network from the dining room at his Boca Raton restaurant. 

     Rose is still the Major League Baseball all-time leader in base hits and games played. He passed away last year on September 30, 2024 at the age of 83.