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Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world often collide
Since the game’s early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart. But ...
The commissioner made the right call on Pete Rose
The head of Major League Baseball is justified in letting Hall of Fame voters make their own decisions about the Hit King.
Pete Rose’s posthumous pardon: Why MLB’s controversial reinstatement decision has angered baseball purists
Pete Rose is back in baseball’s good graces – at least technically. In a decision that has sent shockwaves through the baseball world, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the reinstatement of Pete Rose ...
Paul Sullivan: ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson’s saga is an essential part of baseball history — and could finally come to an end
Shoeless” Joe Jackson was a tragic real-life figure from over a century ago whose legend grew in time thanks to the fictional ...
Major League Baseball lifts lifetime bans on 17 deceased players, including Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson
With the lifting of these bans, all these players, including Rose, will now be permitted to be considered for induction into ...
‘A lot of joy’: Relative of ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson reacts to MLB reinstatement
Greenville, SC (FOX Carolina) — Greenville’s own ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson, a player many consider one of the greatest of all ...
With Pete Rose and 'Shoeless' Joe eligible, how does the Baseball Hall of Fame process actually work?
Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision Tuesday to remove Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, among others, from baseball’s ...
Shoeless Joe Jackson Is Back in the Game. Could the Hall of Fame Be Next?
Shoeless Joe Jackson was one of baseball’s first stars before his ban after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Read about his stats, ...
A century later, the Hall of Fame door opens, slightly, for ‘Shoeless’ Joe
Shoeless” Joe Jackson, long the subject of movies and books as part of the Black Sox World Series scandal, is one of ...
'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, White Sox Teammates Off MLB's Permanently Ineligible List
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.