Pete Rose's reinstatement by MLB surely clears a path for other players, like Barry Bonds, to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But what if neither of them is enshrined?

Baseball’s all-time hits king, who died Sept. 30 at age 83, joins Shoeless Joe Jackson in having permanent ineligibility lifted for sports gambling scandals.

"In some ways, he was ahead of his time, or the game. That’s how I choose to remember him." – Terry Francona on Pete Rose's legacy.