President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would pardon baseball legend Pete Rose, who was banned from the sport for life due to gambling. Trump criticized Major League Baseball for not allowing Rose to be inducted into the Hall of Fame despite being the all-time hit champion. Rose admitted to betting on games in 2004, but never against his own team. Trump stated that he would be signing a complete pardon for Rose in the coming weeks, emphasizing that Rose only bet on his team to win and not against himself or any other team. Trump praised Rose for his accomplishments, noting that he had the most hits in baseball history and had won more games than anyone in sports history.
The details of what the pardon would cover were not specified by Trump, as Rose was never convicted of a crime related to his gambling activities. In 2017, the Philadelphia Phillies canceled a ceremony to honor Rose following allegations of a sexual relationship with a minor in the 1970s. Rose maintained that the girl was 16, the age of consent, at the time. Despite these controversies, Rose had an impressive career with the Cincinnati Reds from 1963 to 1986, winning the World Series three times and leading several of Major League Baseball’s all-time statistical categories.
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