Non basketball news- Major League Baseball lifts ban on Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson

[Da Coach]

Major League Baseball has lifted the ban and reinstated Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson

MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible

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 by sports gambling scandals.

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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 by sports gambling scandals.
Rose’s permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Cincinnati Reds will honor baseball’s career hits leader with Pete Rose Night.
Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death. MLB said 17 individuals had their status changed by the decision, including all eight banned members of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox, former Philadelphia Phillies president Williams D. Cox and former New York Giants outfielder Benny Kauff.

 

[Da Coach]

Does anyone think this is a bad idea? If so, I understand.
I think it's good. The bans served their purpose and penalized those players enormously. But it's time to move on and recognize them for the good they accomplished, IMO.

Btw, I also think it's about time Bradley finally retire Squeaky Melchiorre's number and put him in the Hall of Fame. I had a couple conversations with past BU President Gary Roberts about Squeaky, and heard all sides of that issue. He was not personally opposed to lifting the ban on Squeaky, but the academic side of Bradley was strongly opposed, and he did not want to inflame them. With the new administration, maybe that might change, too.