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With Pete Rose and 'Shoeless' Joe eligible, how does the Baseball Hall of Fame voting process actually work?

Rose and Jackson won't appear on the writers ballot but will instead be considered by the veterans committee

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Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision Tuesday to remove Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, among others, from baseball’s permanently ineligible list was a requisite first step toward these two legends of the game potentially being enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Still, this development far from guarantees that either will be inducted — let alone anytime soon.