MLB reinstates Pete Rose
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Banned no more. Pete Rose, the Cincinnati native and Reds legend, has had his ban over baseball gambling lifted. What was his net worth when he died?
A former Cincinnati Red praised the move by Major League Baseball to reinstate Pete Rose, MLB’s all-time hit leader.
SEATTLE — Yankees manager Aaron Boone was a big Pete Rose fan as a kid. When the Phillies won the World Series in 1980, Rose was their first baseman, Bob Boone was the catcher and their kids played together. Aaron Boone and his big brother Bret were around Rose a lot. They looked up to Rose.
"It would have been amazing to be able to share that with the manager that gave me my first opportunity," Larkin said.
Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 after betting on games while playing for and managing the Cincinnati Reds.
Jackson was among the eight so-called "Chicago Black Sox" banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. Rose agreed to a ban in 1989 after an investigation concluded he repeatedly bet on the Cincinnati Reds as a player and manager.
"In some ways, he was ahead of his time, or the game. That’s how I choose to remember him." – Terry Francona on Pete Rose's legacy.