Pete Rose died last September. A petition to reinstate him from his permanent ban from baseball was filed in January. Many people, most notably President Donald Trump, have said it's time to put him in 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.