Reds To Induct Rose Into Their Hall Of Fame

Pete Rose was not reinstated into Major League Baseball by commissioner Rob Manfred—thus ending any real chance to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

But the Reds—Rose’s first team as a player and the team he was managing at the team of his ban from baseball for gambling—are taking the step of putting MLB’s all-time hits leader of inducting him into their Hall of Fame.

“Inducting Pete into the Reds Hall of Fame will be a defining moment in the 147-year history of this storied franchise,” Reds president and chief executive officer Bob Castellini Castellini said in a statement released by the team. “He is one of the greatest players to ever wear a Reds uniform and it will be an unforgettable experience watching him being honored as such.”

The Reds have, to this point, adhered to the Hall of Fame’s election process and barred those on baseball’s ineligible list. But they have bypassed those rules to induct Rose, which will happen the weekend of June 24-26.

“Is that why I’m here? I thought I was being named manager today,” Rose said during a news conference for the announcement.