President's recent announcement to pardon Pete Rose has stirred debate. Despite Rose's history of betting on games, the president claimed he never bet against himself, a statement that complicates Rose's legacy. Following Rose's death, his family pursued reinstatement appeals with MLB, addressing the idea that his lifetime ban may not extend beyond death. While Rose's daughter's efforts appear noble and justifiable, the president's involvement complicates the situation, making it more polarizing than ever. This timely controversy reveals ongoing tensions within baseball and public perception of Rose's actions.
His daughter and the Rose family lawyer met with Commissioner Rob Manfred in December, three months after his death, to ask for his reinstatement, and they filed an official appeal in January.
As the master of the grand and clumsy gesture, the Snickers-bar-in-chief said he was going to pardon him anyway, claiming with syntactical shoes-on-the-wrong-feet grace that Rose 'never betted against himself, or the other team.'
But it adds to Rose's legacy that nothing is ever clean with, by, or for him, even post mortem.
In sum, Rose as a debate is back, and because of the newfound interest of the short-attention-span-in-chief he is somehow more polarizing than ever.
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