Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated Pete Rose along with 16 other dead players last month in a move that he now admits was influenced by President Donald Trump, among others.  In February,

President Donald Trump’s support of Pete Rose was among the factors Major Legaue Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred weighed when he decided last month that permanent bans by the sport ended with death,

Manfred said he "paid attention" to the advice Trump gave him on Rose, "but I had a lot of other people that were weighing in on the topic, as well.”