Reds pay tribute to Pete Rose day after MLB reinstatement - ESPN

CINCINNATI — Pete Rose was celebrated by the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night, a day after baseball's career hits leader was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball's permanent ineligibility list.

There were chants of «Pete! Pete!» at Great American Ball Park. There was a pregame moment of silence, and a choir from Rose's Cincinnati high school performed the national anthem. And No. 14 was everywhere, from the replica jerseys in the stands to the highlights shown on the videoboard.

It was the type of all-out effort Rose would have appreciated.

«This city was my dad,» Rose's daughter, Fawn, said.

The team had announced its plan to celebrate Rose in the wake of his death last fall.

Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin and Eric Davis — who played for Rose when he managed the Reds — shared stories about their former manager during a pregame panel, joined by former Rose teammate George Foster. Members of Rose's family delivered the game ball before Cincinnati's matchup with the Chicago White Sox.

«He played baseball with as much passion and competitive enjoyment as you ever could,» said Reds manager Terry Francona, who played with Rose with Montreal and played for him with Cincinnati. «You wanted to be on his team.»

Rose, who died in September at age 83, played for the Reds in 19 of his 24 seasons, winning two of his three World Series championships with his hometown team. His career was tarnished by a gambling scandal that led to a permanent ban on Aug. 23, 1989.

An investigation commissioned by Major League Baseball concluded Rose — a 17-time All-Star who finished with 4,256 hits — repeatedly bet on the Reds as a player and manager of the team from 1985 to '87, a violation of a long-standing MLB rule.

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