Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision Tuesday to remove Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, among others, from baseball’s permanently ineligible list was a requisite first step toward these two legends of the game potentially being enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 after betting on games while playing for and managing the Cincinnati Reds.

Pete Rose is now eligible for the Hall of Fame, and John Condit, the last person to interview MLB's hit king, may have President Donald Trump to thank.