MLB Upholds Lifetime Ban For Former Player Pete Rose

Pete Rose isn’t coming back to baseball. That word from Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who upheld Rose’s lifetime ban from the game on Monday. Rose, baseball’s all-time leader in hits, was banned because he gambled during his playing and managing career.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks about that and other sports news of the week with our sports analyst Mike Pesca.

Guest

• Mike Pesca, Here & Now‘s sports analyst. He hosts the daily podcast The Gist. He tweets @pescami.

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