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Rose: Will He Ever Be Reinstated? Fans Want An Answer CINCINNATI -- Will he or won't he? That's what Pete Rose supporters want to know. Rose, baseball's all-time hit king, has been banned from baseball since 1989, but on-again-off-again talks over the last 12 months have prompted speculation that Rose will be reinstated. Now, however, Reds fans just want a decision to be made. Whether it's Major League Baseball, Rose's agent in Florida or his friends in the Tri-State, nobody seems to be willing to talk about the situation. But as baseball's All-Star break offers time to visit other issues,...

TORONTO (AP) -- Even when he was put on a Hall of Fame ballot, Pete Rose failed to get elected. Rose missed out on making the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, falling short of the necessary 75 percent vote from the selection committee. Baseball's career hits leader, who spent part of the 1984 season with Montreal and got career hit No. 4,000 with the Expos, was among 46 nominees for the Canadian hall. Former Toronto star Joe Carter, Canadian pitcher Kirk McCaskill, administrator Richard Belec and the Vancouver Asahi team were elected. The hall, which will hold its...

Pete Rose Nominated for Canadian Hall of Fame TORONTO (Reuters) - Pete Rose, barred from entry into National Baseball Hall of Fame for gambling, was among the 46 names nominated for enshrinement into the Canadian Hall, officials confirmed on Friday. Baseball's all-time hit leader is joined on the list of nominees by less controversial figures, including Toronto Blue Bays' World Series homerun hero Joe Carter, California Angels Kirk McCaskill and managers Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers Sparky Anderson. The Canadian Hall's 16-member selection committee will meet on February 15 to decide on the Class of...

In 1989, Major League Baseball banished Pete Rose for life. A lengthy investigation had persuaded A. Bartlett Giamatti, then baseball's commissioner, that Mr. Rose had recklessly violated major league rules by betting on baseball games, including 51 games played by the Cincinnati Reds, the team Mr. Rose managed. It was the right decision then, and should not be overturned now. Last month Mr. Rose met privately with the present commissioner, Bud Selig, inspiring speculation that the 13-year ban might be lifted to allow Mr. Rose to rejoin the game in some fashion, perhaps as a manager. That would be a...

<p>NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Rose met with commissioner Bud Selig in Milwaukee two weeks ago discuss the career hits leader's possible reinstatement to baseball, according to news reports.</p> <p>Nothing was agreed to during the meeting, including whether or not Rose would be reinstated, which would make him eligible for induction to the Hall of Fame, ESPN.com quoted unidentified sources as saying.</p>

The circumstance is almost irrelevant. But, for the record, it was the first issue in a new billboard campaign by Pony, an athletic company with a not necessarily sinful taste for twisting the establishment tail. And the billboard issue's feature attraction sat for a radio interview, last Thursday, that reminded a listener it is rarely uninteresting when the interview subject is Pete Rose.He is a creature congenitally unable to keep arresting things from passing his lips at the least provocation. That gift has long enough defined him as a personality at once engaging and enraging. Ask anyone who overheard him...