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Letters to the Editor: Differing opinions about MLB reinstating Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
To deny [Pete] Rose election now is not to protect integrity; it's to erase history,' writes an L.A. Times reader. 'His whole ...
Shoeless Joe Jackson removed from Major League Baseball permanently ineligible list
The posthumous reinstatement makes the South Carolina hitter and 16 others, including Pete Rose, eligible for MLB Hall 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 ...
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 ...
Greg Cote’s Poll Dance: Should now-eligible Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe be put in Hall of Fame? Vote now!
Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey usually on sports. In today’s 41st installment: Should Pete Rose and “Shoeless” ...
Paul Sullivan: Pete Rose will likely end up in the Hall of Fame now. What about ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson?
Pete Rose owes his eternal gratitude to President Donald Trump, Commissioner Rob Manfred and the Baseball Hall of Fame for ...
Shoeless Joe Jackson, Pete Rose become eligible for Baseball Hall of Fame
Jackson was among the eight so-called "Chicago Black Sox" banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. Rose agreed to a ban in ...
Rose and Jackson get posthumous reprieve, but gambling on baseball is still MLB’s biggest sin
It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 ...
MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible
Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for ...
What does reinstatement of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson mean for Barry Bonds?
Rose, MLB’s all-time leader in hits (4,256), voluntarily agreed with Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti to a permanent ban on ...
Opinion
Column: ‘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 ghost of Shoeless Joe played by actor Ray Liotta in the classic baseball ...