MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's recent ruling makes 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and seven other previously banned Chicago White Sox players eligible for Hall of Fame consideration.

Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred ended the lifetime bans of several deceased former major leaguers on Tuesday. Among those reinstated were two of the best hitters in the history of baseball,