A Tuesday vote from the MLB Joint Competition Committee, an 11-person group that includes six team owners, four players and one umpire, made the proposed rule change official.
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Legendary Cubs 2B Ryne Sandberg dies at 65
Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, a longtime Chicago Cubs star who was one of the game’s greatest-ever second basemen, died on Monday at age 65.
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After Decades, MLB Clears Pete Rose And Others For Hall Of Fame Consideration
Considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Pete Rose was finally removed from Major League Baseball’s (MLB) permanently ineligible list — making him eligible for the MLB Hall of Fame for the first time-ever.
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Hall of Fame door opens for Pete Rose after removal from MLB’s ineligible list
Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader, was caught betting on games while manager of the Cincinnati Reds and was barred for life from baseball by Commissioner Bart Giamatti in 1989.
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‘Mr Baseball’ Bob Uecker, American sportscaster-actor, dies at 90
Bob Uecker, whose self-deprecating wit helped him parlay a mediocre baseball career into stardom as a broadcaster, actor and pitchman for beer from his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on Thursday at age 90.
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MLB Legend Pete Rose, All-Time Hits Leader, Dead At Age Of 83
MLB legend Pete Rose, who led the majors in hits all-time, has died at the age of 83.
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