The Major League Baseball commissioner surprised the baseball world with his Pete Rose decision after pressure from the president.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated Pete Rose along with 16 other dead players last month in a move that he now admits was influenced by President Donald Trump, among others.  In February,

Manfred said he "paid attention" to the advice Trump gave him on Rose, "but I had a lot of other people that were weighing in on the topic, as well.”