Integrity, MLB announced Tuesday, is as fluid as the passing of time.

Pete Rose, who was banished from Major League Baseball for gambling on the game, has been removed from the league's permanently ineligible list and could be a contender for the Hall of Fame, MLB announced Tuesday.

"It would have been amazing to be able to share that with the manager that gave me my first opportunity," Larkin said.

Rose will be eligible for Hall consideration in 2027 after commissioner Rob Manfred removed the Reds legend from the ineligible list.

Major League Baseball on Tuesday removed Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, two of the sport’s most famous players who were previously kicked out of baseball for gambling on the game, from the league’s permanently ineligible list.

For Aaron Boone, it was personal. He grew up around Pete Rose; he wasn’t just baseball’s Hit King, he was his father’s teammate and friend. So the news of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s controversial decision to lift Pete Rose’s lifetime ban this week wasn’t just a big moment for baseball—it was personal for Yankees manager Aaron Boone.

A total of 17 players are no longer banned from baseball as a result of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's decision