MLB commish allows Pete Rose to participate in All-Star Game

CINCINNATI, April 24 (UPI) -- The man once banned from baseball for life in 1989 will be allowed to participate in July's All-Star Game in Cincinnati, according to reports.

Pete Rose, who is currently being investigated again for reinstatement, is under careful eye from new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, who said he and his staff have dug up files more than 20 years old relating to Rose's banishment from the game, according to USA Today. Rose was banned for life after betting on Cincinnati Reds games when he was the teams manager.

Manfred previously said, when referring to Rose's reinstatement, that he is "prepared to deal with that request on its merits," according to John Heyman.

Before retiring, former MLB commissioner Bud Selig said it was up to the Reds if Rose could participate in the game.

"That will be up to the Cincinnati club, and they know what they can do and can't do," Selig told the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. "It's sort of been subjective. But they've done some things with Pete, but they've been very, very thoughtful and limited. But that's a subject that I'm sure they'll discuss in the next year."