In an eye-opening move, Fox Sports has hired Pete Rose as an MLB analyst.
Rose will join FOX and Fox Sports 1 as an analyst for the MLB on FOX pregame show as well as Fox Sports 1 studio shows Fox Sports Live, America’s Pregame and MLB Whiparound. The news was announced not by press release, but in a report by Fox Sports MLB writer Ken Rosenthal.
Rosenthal’s report characterized Rose as a guest analyst, but all other indications in the piece were that he will have a regular role.
Rose, as is well known, has been banned from baseball for over a quarter-century after betting on games while manager of the Cincinnati Reds. His quest to get back into baseball and be elected to the Hall of Fame has been one of the sport’s enduring off-field storylines.
Major League Baseball did not have a say as to whether Fox Sports could hire Rose.
(Sat. news from Fox Sports)
