Late baseball pariahs Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson were removed from the sport's permanently ineligible list on Tuesday in a historic move that paves the way for the duo and other deceased players to be admitted into the hall of fame.
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in a written ruling that sanctions against individuals banned from the sport should be lifted after their deaths.
The edict means that all-time hits leader Rose, who was handed a life ban in 1989 for gambling, and Jackson, who was banished from the sport for helping to rig the 1919 World Series, could now be elevated into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.