Joe Jackson served out his punishment: banned for life from baseball. Pete Rose has been banned also. They are really the only two banned players who might otherwise have made it to the Hall of Fame. (Eddied Cicotte could possibly be another.)
My question is this: Now that Jackson is dead, hasn't he served out his punishment and shouldn't he now be eligible for the hall? Won't that be the same with Rose? Isn't baseball big enough to accept them after their punishment?
If new evidence arose to clear either of them or to at least cast doubt on the punishment, they would be considered. Jackson has people who speculate that he wasn't so bad, but no hard evidence backs that. However, without the evidence, does banned for life mean eternity? If not, why not allow them in?
2007-07-10
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