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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 World Series. It's been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.

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Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB
Pete Rose removed from MLB ineligible list after lifetime ban for gambling on baseball
Column: Pete Rose will likely end up in the Hall of Fame now. What about ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson?
MLB announced Tuesday that Rose and 16 others would be removed from its permanently ineligible list, saying the lifetime ban had served its purpose and was no longer deemed necessary.

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A full list of the players, coaches and owners permanently banned by Major League Baseball
Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson posthumously reinstated by Major League Baseball
Rose and Jackson Get Posthumous Reprieve, but Gambling on Baseball Is Still MLB's Biggest Sin
Manfred changed the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying any bans would expire at death — a shift that impacts 17 former players, coaches and owners.

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Why were Pete Rose and 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson originally banned from baseball and not in the Hall of Fame?
MLB reinstates Pete Rose, making him Hall of Fame eligible
Who was 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson? Stats and career of MLB legend
Former MLB legends "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose shockingly were reinstated by league commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday. Jackson and Rose were two of 17 deceased individuals reinstated by MLB,
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 highest-profile players now eligible.
Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB in historic decision
Major League Baseball on Tuesday removed Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, two of the sport’s most famous players who were previously kicked out of baseball for gambling on the game, from the league’s permanently ineligible list.
Cleveland Hall of Famer 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson removed from baseball ineligible list
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, an inaugural member of Cleveland's Hall of Fame in 1951 is now eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson Eligible for Hall of Fame After MLB Lifts Bans
Per ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr., MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Tuesday that Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players have been removed from the league's permanently ineligible list. Rose and Jackson were among those banned for gambling on baseball.
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Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson reinstated from MLB's permanently ineligible list: Next stop, Hall of Fame?
Rose agreed to be placed on the permanently ineligible list in 1989, and two years later the Hall of Fame passed a rule stating that those on the permanently ineligible list were not eligible for election into the Hall. As such, Rose has never appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot.
MLB removes Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson from ineligible list in decision that can pave way for Hall of Fame
Manfred officially removed Rose and Jackson, and all other deceased players, from MLB’s permanently ineligible list on Tuesday. Manfred ruled that the league’s punishment of banned individuals now officially ends after their deaths.
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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 the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
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