MLB has officially reinstated Pete Rose after 35 years. Here's why the decision was made and what it means for Rose’s Hall of Fame future.

The all-time hit king and Jackson -- both longtime baseball pariahs stained by gambling, seen by MLB as the game's mortal sin -- are now presumably eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Rose returns to Cincinnati as player/manager. Rose was 21 years into his playing career when he returned to Cincinnati, the city where he’d been born and raised a