Pete Rose asks MLB for reinstatement
Rose, 78, has been on MLB’s ineligible list since 1989 for gambling on baseball games while serving as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. In his latest petition to MLB, attorneys for Rose noted that MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred opted not to punish any active player connected to the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal despite the negative impact the scheme had on the integrity of the game.
“There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else,” the petition says. “No objective standard or categorization of the rules violations committed by Mr. Rose can distinguish his violations from those that have incurred substantially less severe penalties from Major League Baseball.”
“There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else,” the petition says. “No objective standard or categorization of the rules violations committed by Mr. Rose can distinguish his violations from those that have incurred substantially less severe penalties from Major League Baseball.”