Editing Pete Rose (section)

===MLB All-Century Team===
[[File:PETE ROSE.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Rose in 1995]]
In 1999, Rose was selected as an outfielder on the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]]. To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest players from the past century. Fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots.

An exception was made to Rose's ban to allow him to participate in the pre-game introduction of the All-Century team before Game Two of the [[1999 World Series]] between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees. Despite never having been a member of the Braves, Rose received the loudest ovation of the All-Century team members from the crowd at [[Turner Field]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia.

After the ceremony on live television, [[NBC]]'s [[Jim Gray (sportscaster)|Jim Gray]] repeatedly asked Rose if he was ready to admit to betting on baseball and apologize.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/scorecard/08/05/interviews/|title=Top 10 Most Embarrassing TV/Radio Interview Moments|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=August 6, 2004|access-date=May 22, 2010|archive-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116195625/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/scorecard/08/05/interviews/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armchairqb.com/nbc_rose.html|title=No Gray Area Here|publisher=armchairqb.com|access-date=May 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121111810/http://www.armchairqb.com/nbc_rose.html|archive-date=November 21, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1excEhov4YC&q=pete+rose+transcript+jim+gray&pg=PA20|title=Sports media: planning, production, and reporting|author=Brad Schultz | isbn=978-0-240-80731-7 | year=2005 | publisher=Elsevier}}</ref> Many people were outraged over Gray's aggressive questioning, feeling that it detracted from the ceremony. In protest, Yankees outfielder [[Chad Curtis]] refused to speak with Gray after his game-winning home run in Game Three. Earlier that season, Rose had been ranked at number 25 on ''[[The Sporting News]]''{{'}} list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.

In 2002, Rose appeared during the [[2002 World Series]] in a [[Mastercard]]-sponsored event recalling "Baseball's Most Memorable Moments". Fans voted Rose's record-breaking hit over Ty Cobb as the sixth most memorable moment in baseball history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Pete-Rose-Wins-the-Biggest-Cheers-10522524.php|title=Pete Rose Wins the Biggest Cheers|last=Blum|first=Ronald|date=October 24, 2002|website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026183039/https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Pete-Rose-Wins-the-Biggest-Cheers-10522524.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While allowing him to participate in the All-Century Team, and a September 2010 celebration at [[Great American Ball Park]] of the 25th anniversary of his 4,192nd hit,<ref name="kennedy20140310">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/03/05/pete-rose-book-excerpt | title=A quarter century later, there are no easy answers to the Pete Problem | magazine=Sports Illustrated | date=March 10, 2014 | access-date=March 9, 2014 | author=Kennedy, Kostya | pages=46–53}}</ref> MLB has refused to allow Rose to participate in other events in Cincinnati, such as the 25th anniversary reunion of the Big Red Machine, the closing of [[Cinergy Field]] and the opening of Great American Ball Park, as well as the closing of [[Veterans Stadium]] in Philadelphia and 1980 Phillies anniversary celebrations. The year before his retirement in 2015, Selig stated that Rose could participate in the festivities for the [[2015 MLB All-Star Game]], which was held in Cincinnati (within subjective guidelines), and Rose took the field alongside Reds teammates prior to the game.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/07/15/bud-selig-reds-include-pete-rose-2015-all-star-game-cincinnati|title=Selig: Reds can include Pete Rose in 2015 All-Star festivities|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> In 2016, Rose had his jersey retired by the Reds, which had to be approved by MLB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/16537784/pete-rose-no-14-retired-cincinnati-reds|title=Pete Rose's No. 14 retired by Reds|work=ESPN|date=June 26, 2016|accessdate=October 1, 2024}}</ref>