Pete Rose asks for reinstatement after no Astros players were …

USA TODAYIn the wake of the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, Pete Rose is once again making his case for reinstatement.

Rose has been banned from the game since 1989, when then-commissioner Bart Giamatti placed him on the permanently ineligible list for betting on games.

A player on the ineligible list cannot qualify for the Hall, according to a rule passed in 1991 after Rose’s scandal broke.

“Mr. Rose knows better than any current or former baseball player alive today that noperson is above the game,” the letter reads.

“His current request for reinstatement reflects his deep desire to ensure that he can devote his remaining years to teaching the next generation of baseball players the lasting consequences for harming the integrity of America’s pastime.”