The Baseball Hall of Fame has refused to consider letting in Chicago White Sox great Shoeless Joe Jackson, considering him to be ineligible despite the fact he died after his lifetime ban was over. Letting him in would be a gateway to letting in Pete Rose and they don’t want to see that happen.
But if they won’t let Shoeless Joe Jackson into the hall of fame, would they perhaps let in the man who broke the curse of Shoeless Joe himself, Paul Konerko? Apparently not, as Paul Konerko fell off the hall of fame ballot that was released on Tuesday, as he got ten votes and 2.