Pete Rose and ¡°Shoeless¡± Joe Jackson ¡ª longstanding pariahs in MLB due to their involvement with gambling on the sport ¡ª have been removed from MLB¡¯s permanently ineligible list.
Commissioner Rob Manfred made the historic decision on Tuesday, potentially making the two late players eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
According to a letter Manfred sent to Jeffrey M. Lenkov, the attorney for the Rose family, ¡°a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game.¡±
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