Marty Brennaman: "(Pete Rose) dies and dammit, five months later they elect to make him eligible again. I've got a real problem with that."

Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision Tuesday to remove Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, among others, from baseball’s permanently ineligible list was a requisite first step toward these two legends of the game potentially being enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Pete Rose was reinstated by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making him eligible for baseball’s Hall of Fame. Rose’s career was marked by gambling scandals and his permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death. The decision was met with pushback on social media, including from The Atlantic’s Norman Ornstein.

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A former MLB player slams the league for rejecting Pete Rose's reinstatement push, reigniting the debate over Rose’s Hall of Fame status.