Rob Manfred defended his choice to reinstate Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other deceased banned players.

Baseball's all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, was banned from baseball on a permanent basis by then-MLB commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti in 1989. Rose died last year, never inducted into the Hall of Fame despite racking up a record 4,

While no major votes are expected to take place at this week’s quarterly MLB owners meetings in New York, commissioner Rob Manfred did discuss President Donald Trump’s influence on the Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson reinstatement,