Mike Axisa: Joining the consensus here and saying no. Putting aside the Pete Rose of it all for a second, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the 1919 White Sox threw a World Series.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose from baseball’s permanently ineligible list.© /Associated Press ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson was banned in 1921 after the Black Sox Scandal ...

For Jackson, who died in 1951, the ban became an eternal sentence, until Tuesday. Jackson was considered for decades by voters, but Pete Rose's name has never appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot.

After previously being on the ineligible list, Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are now eligible to be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. The two immensely talented players were both ...

Updated: May 14, 2025 / 01:16 PM EDT (NEXSTAR) – Major League Baseball decided Tuesday to reinstate both Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them both eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, a legendary outfielder implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Finally, the move opens a potential pathway to ...

Pete Rose and Joe Jackson MLB betting scandals In 1989, Rose struck a deal with then-Commissioner Bart Giamatti that landed him on MLB’s permanently ineligible list for betting on games while ...

NEW YORK — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were ...