Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a request to reinstate Pete Rose from the family of the league’s all-time hit leader, ESPN reported Saturday. Rose, who died in September at age 83,

Pete Rose has been on MLB's permanently ineligible list since 1989. If the ban is lifted, he would be eligible for election to the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose is all over the Hall of Fame. Baseball isn’t hiding his accomplishments. His hits record and his World Series wins with the Reds and the Phillies aren’t hard to find walking around the museum. Baseball isn’t denying his existence. He’s just not enshrined in the Hall of Fame. That’s how it should be.