Reinstating Pete Rose Would Immediately Stamp Rob Manfred's Place in History — bleacherreport.com

Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press Good or bad, there's no denying that Rob Manfred would earn a lasting legacy by reinstating Pete Rose. How does Rob Manfred want to be remembered? For now, it seems Major League Baseball's newest commissioner just wants to be remembered, period. Though Manfred is former commissioner Bud Selig's hand-picked successor, he's made it clear with his ideas for how to improve pace of play, how to increase offense, how to increase youth involvement and how to possibly expand MLB globally that he wants to forge his own legacy.

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