Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition to have Pete Rose posthumously removed from Major League Baseball's ineligible list, a person familiar with the situation told CBS News on Sunday. Rose, baseball's late career hits leader, was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting.

Pete Rose has been on MLB's permanently ineligible list since 1989. If the ban is lifted, he would be eligible for election to the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose was certainly an important part of baseball history, but his checkered past has caused lots of debates over the years about his place in the sport. The former Cincinnati Reds legend passed away last fall and since then there's been more discussions about looking past some of his transgressions.