From the September 2, 2015, Chicago Tribune."Says it's no: MLB denies Jackson."
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred decided not to re-open the case of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, meaning that he remains formally banned from baseball and, worst of all, ineligible for inclusion in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum in Greenville, S.C., on Tuesday released a letter from Manfred dated July 20, said he agreed with past rulings by baseball commissioners. He noted that Jackson was eligible for inclusion in the Hall of Fame from 1920 to 1991, but never came up with the necessary votes for induction.
Jackson had a career batting average of .356, third highest in MLB history. But, he was banned by then baseball commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis along with seven other White Sox players after being accused of fixing the 1919 World Series.
Jackson was not officially banned from Hall of Fame consideration until 1991, when the HoF ruled that anyone on the sport's permanently ineligible list could not be voted into Cooperstown. This rule is largely there to keep Pete Rose out of it.
Time Has Come to Let Jackson In. --Cooter
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