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Rose, who's permanently banned from MLB, said a posthumous induction wouldn't satisfy his family or fans

MLB all-time hits leader Pete Rose, in an interview 10 days before his death in September, said he believed "that I'll make the Hall of Fame after I die."

Pete Rose never became eligible for the Hall of Fame while he was alive, but even the Cincinnati Reds legend believed that would eventually change. Rose has been banned from baseball since 1989 for gambling on games when he was a player-manager with the Reds.

When longtime first baseman, third baseman and outfielder Pete Rose died on Sept. 30 at the age of 83, baseball fans immediately began discussing whether Rose would eventually make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose seemed to think he would make the Hall of Fame posthumously despite never seeing his name on a ballot. In what is believed to be the MLB all-time hits leader’s final interview before his death at 83 on Sept.