Shoeless Joe Jackson, Major League Baseball and Pete Rose
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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's recent ruling makes 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and seven other previously banned Chicago White Sox players eligible for Hall of Fame consideration.
Former MLB legends "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose shockingly were reinstated by league commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday. Jackson and Rose were two of 17 deceased individuals reinstated by MLB,
Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson are now both eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
As news broke that "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose are now eligible for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame as a result of being removed from the permanently ineligible list, some people are wondering why "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was banned from baseball in the first place.