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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 ...
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 ...
A full list of the players, coaches and owners permanently banned by Major League Baseball
NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and other players permanently ...
Henning: Baseball needs to give Pete Rose a Hall of Fame plaque he long ago merited
Not until Pete Rose was a corpse would his 4,256 hits – more than any big-leaguer in history – and 24 years of singular ...
Forgotten star dead 74 years suddenly eligible for MLB’s most prestigious honor despite bitter controversy
It was a historic and shocking announcement made by Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose, ...
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 ...
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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 ...