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 movie,

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.

Pete Rose and “Shoeless Joe” Jackson have been reinstated by Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by gambling scandals.