For decades, Pete Rose’s legacy was split in two—on one side, the game’s all-time hits leader with 4,256 knocks. And on the other side, a man exiled from the sport he helped define. And now, eight months after his death,

I say a small part because like the real-life Archie “Moonlight” Graham, my grandfather had a very, very brief Major League Baseball career. Walter “Lefty” Anderson. Courtesy of Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame.

After Rob Manfred's decision to remove Pete Rose from the permanent ineligible list leads to some calling it a "dark day for baseball."