Pete Rose's reinstatement has baseball fans in uproar: 'What a shame they waited until now'

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from the league’s permanently ineligible list Tuesday.

As a result, Rose, MLB's all-time hits leader; Jackson; and others are eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rose and Jackson were infamous figures in MLB history, their legacies tarnished by gambling on the game.

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MLB found Rose gambled on his Cincinnati Reds as both a player and manager,...