ESPN's Tony Kornheiser explains why Pete Rose's reinstatement doesn't guarantee Hall of Fame

Major League Baseball lifts permanent ban on Pete Rose and 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, clearing the way for potential induction into the Hall of Fame.

Baseball fans are already calling for Pete Rose to enter the Hall of Fame after MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced he, alongside 16 deceased others, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, were taken off the permanently ineligible list on Tuesday. 

However, Manfred is not the one that would be placing Rose in the hallowed halls of Cooperstown, as ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser reminded all those fans on Tuesday. 

"Rob Manfred does not put you in the Hall of Fame. The baseball writers, who are members, put you in the Hall of Fame," Kornheiser said on "Pardon the Interruption." 

"Those baseball writers, as we know well, are guardians of the game. They take violations very seriously. Joe Jackson fixed games, OK? Pete Rose bet on games as a manager of one team. That doesn’t go away."

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Former Philadelphia Phillies player Pete Rose tips his hat to fans during an alumni day on Aug. 7, 2022 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Fans rushed to social media to voice their displeasure that MLB had waited until now to take Rose off its permanently ineligible list. With that, many felt the Hall of Fame was the right next step to rectify Rose’s absence from the game since the early 1990s. 

Kornheiser, though, brought up another class of baseball players that baseball writers have not voted into the Hall yet.  

"You know who else is eligible for the Hall of Fame right now? Barry Bonds is eligible, Mark McGwire is eligible," he said. "Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens, they’re eligible. Are they getting in any time soon? Doesn’t look that way from the