A few stat-worthy candidates have been denied for acts that don’t show up in a box score. Pete is one of the many.

MLB all-time hits leader Pete Rose died last fall while still serving his permanent ban from the league and its Hall of Fame. In an interview conducted 10 days before his death on Sept. 30, 2024, Rose predicted he would reach the Hall of Fame after he died.

MLB career hits leader Pete Rose, in an interview 10 days before his death this past September, said he believed "that I'll make the Hall of Fame after I die."

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene,” died Monday. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton's publicist, Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee. Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18.

Questions are once again swirling about whether Pete Rose will ever be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The president wants to see the disgraced baseball legend enshrined in Cooperstown. It turns out he could be closer than ever to getting his wish.

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.