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Time for ‘Shoeless Joe’ and ‘Charlie Hustle’ to Enter the Hall of Fame?

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Time for ‘Shoeless Joe’ and ‘Charlie Hustle’ to Enter the Hall of Fame?
Pete Rose (L) tips his cap after being announced with Henry Aaron (C) and Ted Williams (R) before Game 2 of the 1999 World Series between the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 24, 1999. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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The commissioner of baseball, Rob Manfred, announced on May 13 that Shoeless Joe Jackson, Pete Rose (a.k.a. Charlie Hustle), 14 other deceased players, and one deceased owner have been removed from the list of those deemed ineligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. It is a bittersweet development.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.