MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred talked Wednesday about how much of a factor President Donald Trump was in the decision to remove Pete Rose from the banned list. Scrutiny increased over Pete Rose’s Baseball Hall of Fame eligibility once the former Cincinnati Reds star died last year, as President Donald Trump weighed in with his own thoughts on the issue.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose, and several other players, from the ineligible list in May, allowing the possibility of those athletes being voted into the Hall of Fame. He admitted at a news conference owners meeting on Wednesday that Trump’s support for Rose was one of the many factors that went into the decision.