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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 ...
Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world collide more often than we think
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Longtime Reds announcer slams MLB decision to reinstate Pete Rose after his death
Longtime Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman questioned Major League Baseball’s timing in reinstating Pete Rose, doing so only ...
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 ...
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Cote: No credit, MLB. Lifting Hall of Fame ban on Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe came decades late | Opinion
MLB lifting the Hall of Fame ban on deceased players such as Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson came decades too late. Now the ghost legends must wait until 2027 to see if two committees let them in ...
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Pete Rose might, finally, be a Hall of Famer: Unfortunately, though, only posthumously
Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were reinstated by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the ...
Bianchi: President Trump, not MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, reinstated Pete Rose
Is it a coincidence that Pete Rose was reinstated just weeks after President Donald Trump met with MLB commissioner Rob ...
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MLB reinstates Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson, now eligible for the Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball decided Tuesday to reinstate both Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them both eligible for the Hall of Fame.
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 ...
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'Dark day for baseball': MLB's shock decision on Pete Rose could open floodgates
Pete Rose, who gambled on baseball as manager of the Cincinnati Reds and lied about it for 15 years before dying September 2024 at the age of 83, had his Hall of Fame chances resurrected by ...
MLB reinstates Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe, paving HOF path
Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson are no longer official baseball pariahs. In a seismic decision that will alter the legacies of 17 disgraced individuals, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced ...