Bartlett Giamatti in agreeing to the lifetime ban stipulated Rose did not admit to betting on baseball, he ultimately copped to placing wagers on the Reds in a 2004 biography.From NFL plays to college sports scores,

Major League Baseball has removed Pete Rose and other deceased players from MLB’s permanently ineligible list, an extraordinary twist to a saga that has gone on for more than three decades.

The feeling was overwhelmingly positive and long overdue, many fans and players agreed.