https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb It's a little late in my opinion, but better than nothing. I'll never forgive MLB for waiting until after he died.
Off MLB's Banned List • Joe Jackson (1919 Black Sox scandal) • Buck Weaver (Black Sox) • Eddie Cicotte (Black Sox) • Lefty Williams (Black Sox) • Happy Felsch (Black Sox) • Fred McMullin (Black Sox) • Swede Risberg (Black Sox) • Chick Gandil (Black Sox) • Joe Gedeon (Had "guilty knowledge" of gambling activity in 1919) • Gene Paulette (Banned in 1920 for associating with gamblers in 1919) • Benny Kauff (Banned in 1921 despite his acquittal on auto theft charge. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis deemed him "no longer a fit companion for other ballplayers.") • Lee Magee (Banned in 1921 over his disputed back salary elicited evidence of his gambling involvement) • Shufflin' Phil Douglas (New York Giants player banned after threatening his manager) • Jimmy O'Connell, Giants player banned in 1924 after offering a bribe to another player) • Cozy Dolan (Giants coach involved in the O'Connell incident) • William Cox (Phillies' owner, banned and forced to sell the team in 1943 for betting on baseball) • Pete Rose (Bet on baseball)
I don’t think the writers let Pete in. He should absolutely be in based on his on the field play, but those bastards are petty
Pete's lifetime ban has ended with his death but the greatness of his career was always undeniable and integral to the history of baseball. Hopefully the holier then thou writers tone down the self righteousness so the hall can both celebrate his achievements and detail the shortcomings. It's all part of the story & it's not really a HOF without the game's true greats even if some of them were far less then perfect. For me anyway if there is a line that can't be uncrossed, it's violent crimes (like OJ). STOMP
Ty Cobb, allegedly the biggest racist in MLB history is in the HOF. I guess that was ok. If these people want to play morality police and exclude players, maybe they should go back and clean up the HOF of players that would be considered unseemly now. But they do not want to do that. This is why there are no roll models in professional sports. Players, coaches, owners nor commissioners. The fact that MLB's all time hits leader and all time home run leader are not in the HOF says a lot about that game, league and directors.
