Pete Rose Denied Reinstatement into the MLB by Commissioner Rob Manfred

Pete Rose is still banned from baseball for a really long time: life. The MLB's all time leader in hits had a plea for reinstatement rejected by commissioner Rob Manfred, who cited Rose's continued gambling (albeit legal), paired with the evidence that he bet on games while with the Cincinnati Reds, as an "unacceptable risk" to let him back in the game.

"Mr. Rose's public and private comments, including his initial admission in 2004, provide me with little confidence that he has a mature understanding of his wrongful conduct, that he has accepted full responsibility for it, or that he understands the damage he has caused," Manfred wrote, via ESPN.

Rose was banned from the game in August of 1989 for betting on baseball games both as a player, and a coach. On Monday, Rose's attorneys issued a statement that said they were disappointed with the decision, and would be reviewing it with Rose and his family.

"Pete's fall from grace is without parallel but he recognizes that it was also of his own making," the statement read, via ESPN. "As such, Pete seeks to be judged not just by the mistakes of his past, but also by the work he has done over the last three decades to take responsibility for his actions."

And while Rose is still banned from Major League Baseball, that does not mean he is necessarily barred from being inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.

"In my view, the considerations that should drive a decision on whether an individual should be allowed to work in baseball are not the same as those that should drive a decision on Hall of Fame eligibility," Manfred wrote, via ESPN.

Rose had applied for reinstatement in February, a month after Manfred took over as MLB commissioner. It was his second such request.

For almost 15 years after he was banned from the game, Rose continued to deny any involvement in gambling on baseball games. However, in a 2004 autobiography he admitted to doing so, but strictly as a manager. Since then there has been some damning evidence against Rose's claims, though. An Outside the Lines report earlier this year produced documentation that suggested he was betting on the game in 1986, a time when he was still playing.

Rose finished his career with a MLB best, 4,256 hits. He has recently begun working for Fox Sports as an MLB analyst.