The iconic baseball player and manager was hit with a permanent suspension in 1989. Now, 36 years on, the ban has been revoked.

On the day that Pete Rose was banned from baseball in August 1989, Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti did something that is impossible to imagine today. He stood in front of a horde of reporters at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan.

Rose, a.k.a. Charlie Hustle (the nickname was an insult he happily embraced), was a competitive monster over his long career (1963–1986), mostly with the Cincinnati Reds, overcoming an unimpressive athletic toolkit through sheer force of will. "I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" was his mantra.

As news broke that Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose are now eligible for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, some people are wondering why Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned from baseball in the first place.

The Cincinnati Reds will honor Pete Rose during Wednesday night's game with a later start time. Here's when they play.