Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson no longer ineligible for the HOF

[Risen Star]

 

[Risen Star]

 

[Sarek]

"baseball's two pariahs"

overkill

 

[Risen Star]

Wait for him to die then remove him.

That commissioner is a real POS.

 

[Hardline]

Shoeless Joe's 1919 World Series stats prove he wasn't tanking the Series. His only crime was taking $5000 just to keep his mouth shut.

 

[gtb1943]

Shoeless Joe's 1919 World Series stats prove he wasn't tanking the Series. His only crime was taking $5000 just to keep his mouth shut.

and the owner of his team was notorious for paying his players less and treating them worse.
Banned from Baseball was one thing: banning him from the HOF after his death was typical bureaucratic garbage. and gutless commissioners for how long?

 

[Hardline]

and the owner of his team was notorious for paying his players less and treating them worse.
Banned from Baseball was one thing: banning him from the HOF after his death was typical bureaucratic garbage. and gutless commissioners for how long?

There is a league salary card in the Baseball Hall of Fame that shows the White Sox players were in the upper half of league salary averages.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/1919-american-league-salaries/

 

[RonWashington]

Now you can’t watch an NFL game without betting commercials the hypocrisy of society . Pete Rose is the all time hits leader this ain’t a marginal talent .

 

[RonWashington]

One good thing to come out of this era of baseball is telling the pitcher and hitter a pitch is coming every 30 seconds thank goodness . Get your scratching itching and twitching in because a fast ball is headed your way soon .