“Therefore, I have concluded that permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual, and Mr. Rose will be removed from the permanently ineligible list.”

Manfred’s decision ends the ban that Rose accepted from then-commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti in August 1989, following an MLB investigation that determined the 17-time All-Star had bet on games while managing the Cincinnati Reds.

Wow. While I’m not much of a baseball fan these days. The idea of ending Pete Rose and Joe “shoeless” Jackson is just nuts. I didn’t think I’d ever see the day.