Mr. Rose, baseball’s all-time hit king, was banned from the sport in 1989 for gambling on baseball and has since remained ineligible to be considered for the Hall of Fame despite being a 17-time All-Star, who played more games and whose 4,256 hits are the most ever.

Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump said he planned to issue a “complete” pardon of Pete Rose “over the next few weeks,” ESPN reported that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition filed by the family of 17-time All-Star in January that requested him to be removed from the sport’s ineligible list.