Commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday defended his recent decision to reinstate Pete Rose, \"Shoeless\" Joe Jackson and other deceased banned players as \"baseball living up to the deal they originally made with Pete Rose.\"
While acknowledging his decision was \"overdue,\" Manfred offered his most fulsome explanation for his May 13 decision to remove Rose, Jackson and other deceased players from MLB\'s permanently ineligible list. That decision has paved the way for Rose and Jackson to be considered for induction into baseball\'s Hall of Fame.
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