barred from the Hall of Fame<\/a> due to betting on games he played and managed.<\/p>\nBaseball’s all-time hit leader, the three-time World Series champion and 17-time All-Star says he never bet against his team while playing.<\/p>\n
Should Manfred fully embrace sports betting, Rose’s chances of one day entering Cooperstown might increase. In 1989, the great agreed to accept a permanent place on the baseball’s ineligibility list in exchange for MLB agreeing to make no formal finding in regard to the gambling allegations.<\/p>\n
Now 75-years-old, Rose has petitioned the league in recent years to remove his baseball ban. Manfred rejected his most recent appeal in December of 2015, the commissioner saying, “I respect Mr. Rose’s accomplishments as a player, and as a result, I will continue to allow him to participate in ceremonial activities that present no threat to the integrity of the game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Major League Baseball (MLB) is planning to review its stance on sports betting, as Commissioner Rob Manfred continues his conversation on gambling. Appearing this week at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in New York City, Manfred said during a discussion titled “The Business of Sports” that his league is reviewing the pros and cons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":44949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Major League Baseball to Take Another Swing at Sports Betting<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n