“Shoeless” Joe Jackson was a tragic real-life figure from over a century ago whose legend grew in time thanks to the fictional ghost of Shoeless Joe played by actor Ray Liotta in the classic baseball ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished ...
Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson — longtime pariahs in Major League Baseball due to their involvement in gambling on the sport — have been removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list.