in World News President Trump To Pardon MLB Legend
By Danielle
President Trump announced that he will grant baseball legend Pete Rose a complete pardon.
“Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the thrill of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and can only be named posthumously. WHAT A SHAME!” Trump stated.
“Anyway, over the next few weeks I will be signing a complete PARDON of Pete Rose, who shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING. He never betted against himself, or the other team. He had the most hits, by far, in baseball history, and won more games than anyone in sports history,” he continued.
“Baseball, which is dying all over the place, should get off its fat, lazy a**, and elect Pete Rose, even though far too late, into the Baseball Hall of Fame!” he added.
Breaking News: President Trump has announced plans to pardon Major League Baseball Legend Pete Rose in the coming weeks pic.twitter.com/JLIFoFPDFA
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) March 1, 2025
A closer look:
Per ESPN:
Trump did not say what the pardon would cover. Rose served five months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges in 1990.
In a statement to ESPN, John Dowd, who investigated Rose for MLB in 1989 and served as Trump’s lawyer seven years ago, noted that MLB is “not in the pardon business nor does it control admission to the HOF.”
Rose, who spent most of his 1963 to 1986 career with the Cincinnati Reds, won the World Series three times and remains Major League Baseball’s career leader in hits, games played, at-bats, singles and outs.