Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition to have Pete Rose posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s ineligible list, according to a person familiar with the situation.

There are countless celebrated figures throughout the history of Major League Baseball, but perhaps none is more polarizing than Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose, who is on the permanently ineligible list.

Rose, who was placed on the permanently ineligible list in 1989 because of gambling, died in September of last year

Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose would become eligible for the Hall of Fame if MLB rules in favor of lifting his ban. But the process takes years.

After U.S. President Donald Trump put his support behind a petition to make Pete Rose eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, MLB chiefs are weighing up a proposal

Pete Rose doesn’t belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Of course not. This topic should have been put to bed a long time ago. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision to entertain a proposal to consider reinstating him is re-opening the door to a foolish controversy.