Baseball Rewrites History: Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson Reinstated by MLB

In a dramatic reversal of decades-old bans, Major League Baseball has posthumously cleared Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and 15 others from its ineligible list. Commissioner Rob Manfred ruled that lifetime bans end with death, paving the way for baseball’s most controversial figures to finally be considered for the Hall of Fame. It’s a landmark moment in the game’s long battle between integrity and redemption — and the door to Cooperstown just creaked open.