New York ? The Hall of Fame’s doors will remain shut to Pete Rose, who won’t appear on the baseball writers’ ballot in his final year of eligibility.

Commissioner Bud Selig will not rule on Rose’s application for reinstatement before the 2006 ballot is released Nov. 29, according to Bob DuPuy, baseball’s chief operating officer.

Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, agreed to a lifetime ban in August 1989 following an investigation of his gambling, and the Hall’s board of directors decided unanimously in February 2001 that anyone on the permanently ineligible list couldn’t appear on the BBWAA ballot.

Rose applied for reinstatement in September 1997 and met with Selig in November 2002. His efforts to end his suspension appeared to falter after he admitted in his 2004 autobiography that his previous gambling denials were false.