Not again? 'Shoeless Joe' remains banned from Hall of Fame

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MLB commish nixes 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson Hall of Fame bid

Say it ain’t so, Rob.

Supporters of legendary baseball star “Shoeless” Joe Jackson have struck out in their bid to get Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to reconsider the lifetime ban that cost the turn-of-the-century diamond great a place in the Hall of Fame. Manfred said his team researched the matter and he found no reason to reverse rulings by his predecessors that Jackson’s gambling should bar him from Cooperstown.

“I agree with that determination and conclude that it would not be appropriate for me to re-open this matter,” Manfred wrote to the officials at the Joe Jackson Museum in Greenville, S.C.
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"Shoeless Joe" Jackson was banned from baseball and consideration for the Hall of Fame following the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal in which eight Chicago players, including Jackson, were accused of throwing the World Series for $5,000 each.

But Jackson batted .375 with a then-record 12 hits and flawless play in the outfield in the World Series in which he was accused of taking a dive. And all eight were acquitted in criminal trials for fraud and bribery. Yet then-commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insisted they were banned for life.

None of it makes sense, especially now almost 100 years later.
 
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Viligant_Warrior said:
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson was banned from baseball and consideration for the Hall of Fame following the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal in which eight Chicago players, including Jackson, were accused of throwing the World Series for $5,000 each.

But Jackson batted .375 with a then-record 12 hits and flawless play in the outfield in the World Series in which he was accused of taking a dive. And all eight were acquitted in criminal trials for fraud and bribery. Yet then-commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insisted they were banned for life.

None of it makes sense, especially now almost 100 years later.
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Shoeless Joe is dead. Pete Rose isn't, and he can't get in because he bet on games he wasn't involved in. Go figure.
 
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