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Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, BaseballStars, who were once clouded by scandals, are now entitled to Hall of Fame

New York (AP) – Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were stopped by baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, which was both entitled to the Hall of Fame des Sports after their career was clouded by sports scandals by sports games.

Rose's permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Cincinnati Reds Baseball -Career -Hit leader with Pete Rose Night.

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Manfred announced on Tuesday that he changed the policy of the league due to permanent inadmissibility and said bans would be in death. Several others are also changed by the judgment, including all members of the Chicago Black Sox from 1919, the former president of Philadelphia Phillies Williams D. Cox and the former New York Giants -outfield Benny Kauff.

“Shoeless” Joe Jackson, approx. 1913. Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images

According to the current rules of the Hall of Fame, the earliest rose or Jackson could be recorded in 2028.

Rose agreed to a permanent ban on August 23, 1989, after an examination by Rose commissioned by the Major League baseball repeatedly on the red as players and managers of the team from 1985 to 87, a violation of a long-term MLB rule.

Rose applied for the first time in September 1997, but Commissioner Bud Slessed never decided on the request. Manfred rejected an application for reinstatement in 2015 and said: “Rose has not submitted any credible evidence of a newly configured life.”

Rose died on September 30 at the age of 83 and a new petition was submitted on January 8 by Jeffrey Lenkov, a lawyer who represented Rose. Lenkov and Rose's daughter Fawn met Manfred on December 17th.

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The supporters of Roses belonged to US President Donald Trump, who said he intended to forgive Rose posthumously. Manfred discussed Rose with Trump when the couple met in April, but he has not announced any details for their conversation.

In a letter to Lenkov, Manfred wrote: “In my opinion, a provision must be made about how the expression” permanently not promoted “should be interpreted in view of the purposes and guidelines behind rule 21. other.

Pete Rose warms up in the Shea Stadium

Pete Rose from the Cincinatti Reds bends before a game in the Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, New York on July 24, 1978. Photo by Gary Gershoff/ Getty Images

“In my opinion, as soon as they have died, the purposes of rule 21 were served. Obviously, a person with us can no longer pose a threat to the integrity of the game. In addition, it is difficult to recognize a punishment that has more daunting effect that has a lifespan without a referee for a lifetime.”

As a 17-time all-star during a career as a game career from 1963 to 1986, Rose holds record for hits (4,256), games (3,562), bats (14.053), plate appearances (15,890) and singles (3,215). He was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1963, 1973 MVP and 1975 World Series MVP. As a three-time NL stroke, he broke the former hit record of 4,191 by TY Cobb from 1905 to 28.

Jackson was. He died in 1951, but he remains one of the best -known names of the baseball for his portrayal of Ray Liotta in the Field of Dreams from 1989.

What else has to happen so that Rose or Jackson reach the Hall of Fame?

After a rule adopted by the Halls Board of Directors in 1991, anyone who is not permanently justified can be considered for the choice to the hall. Jackson was considered by the baseball Writers' Association of America twice in ballot papers, but received only 0.9 percent and 1 percent of a nomination hour in 1940 in 1936.

Roses reinstatement occurred too late to consider it for the BBWAA voting slip. If not on the permanently banned list, Rose would have been entitled to the ballot pens from 1992 to 2006. It was written in 1992 and 243 of 7,232 ballot papers (3.4 percent) in the 15 years with 41 votes that were not counted.

Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board of Directors Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement that the players affected by Manfred's decision on Tuesday would be taken into account.

“The National Baseball Hall of Fame has always said that everyone who has been removed from the permanent inadmissible list of baseball is an option for taking the Hall of Fame into question,” she said. “Removing the decision of the Major League baseball to remove the deceased persons from the permanent non -eligible list enables the Hall of Fame candidacy of these people, who are now considered.”

The New York Times headline, describing the so -called “Black Sox” scandal, in which the players of the Chicago White Sox of the American League have thrown the World Series. Photo by New York Times Co./ Getty Images

Without the ban, both players can be entitled to the classic baseball era of the Hall, who will meet next to consider the players in December 2027 and to look at those whose greatest contributions to sports were before 1980.

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A ten-member historical overview committee selects the eight election candidates with the consent of the Hall board, and the ballot papers are taken into account by 16 members at the winter meetings with a vote of 75 percent or a higher vote. The committee members include Hall of Fame members, team managers and media/historians.

Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina are among the players in class 2028, who are suitable for the BBWAA voice note.

Has Trump helped to reset Rose?

Trump said he would forgive Rose, but it is not clear what the pardon of president would participate in Rose.

Rose entered two cases of submitting false tax returns on April 20, 1990 and admitted that he did not report $ 354,968 during a period of four years. Rose was sentenced to five months in prison by the US district judge S. Arthur Spiegel in Cincinnati on July 19, 1990. He was also fined $ 50,000 and ordered to pay 1,000 hours of civil service as an assistant to the teacher in Cincinnati as part of a one-year probation period. The first three months of probation should be spent in the Halfway house. Rose repaid the Internal Revenue Service 366,042 USD.

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