Three Post writers discuss the posthumous reinstatements of Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson by Major League Baseball.

On the field, Pete Rose was everything a ballplayer should be. He was also the exact thing no ballplayer should be, on the ...

Portrait of Cincinnati Reds baseball star Pete Rose. Portrait of Cincinnati Reds baseball star Pete Rose. Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images The ban prevented Rose from being involved with MLB in ...

Since the game’s early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart. But ...

The head of Major League Baseball is justified in letting Hall of Fame voters make their own decisions about the Hit King.

Baseball legend Pete Rose accomplished in death what he could never manage in his lifetime – reinstatement to Major League Baseball. Yet baseball "purists" are clutching their pearls ...

The Pete Rose saga is a story for our times — messy, complicated, fueled by competing passions, with a plot line that includes a president whose presence sometimes seems inescapable.

I was born and raised a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, and I remain one today. I admired Pete Rose for his gritty determination, especially in the 1980 World Series. But Rose knew that betting ...

(AP Photo/File) FILE - In this Feb. 27, 1963, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose poses for a portrait ... a business, a political arena, a form of professional entertainment.

Pete Rose was celebrated by the Cincinnati Reds ... Ultimately, baseball is a lively collage of American life — a game, a business, a political arena, a form of professional entertainment.