Rob Manfred's letter to Pete Rose's attorney
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Both among a handful of players reinstated after Commissioner Rob Manfred ruled that ineligibility bans now expire after death.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has posthumously removed the disgraced Cincinnati Reds legend and the outfielder caught up in the Black Sox scandal from the permanently ineligible list.
Manfred officially removed Rose and Jackson, and all other deceased players, from MLB’s permanently ineligible list on Tuesday. Manfred ruled that the league’s punishment of banned individuals now officially ends after their deaths.
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