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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .356 over his career (1908-1920), fourth-highest in major league history (behind only Ty Cobb, Oscar Charleston and Rogers Hornsby). Pete Rose had more hits (4,256) than ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision to re-instate Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson from baseball’s permanent ineligible list was not nearly the bombshell surprise as lot of the media treated it.

Every other player, including 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, has been considered by the Hall of Fame and they've made a decision. I saw no reason to leave Pete Rose out there as one of one, no consideration.

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 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 ...

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 tarnished by ...