Reactions are pouring in as “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is now being reinstated by Major League Baseball. This comes more than 70 years after his death.

Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson reinstatement MLB announced on Tuesday that Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson will be reinstated from the permanently ineligible list.

Shoeless Joe Jackson, seen here in 1919, was a .356 career hitter who was among the eight Chicago Black Sox banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. APA/Getty Images Archives ...

Sports Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson reinstated, making them Hall of Fame eligible Updated: May. 13, 2025, 4:46 p.m. | Published: May. 13, 2025, 4:43 p.m.

Shoeless Joe Jackson, seen here in 1919, was a .356 career hitter who was among the eight Chicago Black Sox banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. APA/Getty Images Archives ...

Shoeless Joe’s saga got second billing Tuesday after Pete Rose’s reinstatement from his long and storied battle to get into the Hall. Recency bias was no doubt at play, but Jackson’s story ...

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson's "Black Betsy," game bat is on display, Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, in front of several photographs of him at Sotheby's Auction house in New York.

In a historic, sweeping decision, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

In the final analysis, Shoeless Joe Jackson, banished from playing the game that he loved while still in the prime of his career, is a sad figure. But hardly an innocent one.” ...

For “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, who died in 1951, the reinstatement addresses a ban that has been debated for over a century. Unfortunately, Jackson was one of eight members of the 1919 Chicago ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...