Pete Rose Denied Access Back into MLB

No man was more excited about the retirement of former Commissioner of Major League Baseball Bud Selig than Pete Rose, not even new Commissioner Rob Manfred. Rose almost immediately applied for reinstatement back into the game when Manfred was sworn in as commissioner in hopes of getting his lifetime ban from Major League Baseball overturned. Manfred met with Rose personally and swore that a decision would be reached an announced by the end of the 2015 calendar year. That decision came down today when Manfred denied Rose's appeal for reinstatement back into MLB.

Here is the press release from the New York Times: