Since the game's early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart.

Rose died in September 2024 at the age of 83, and attorney Jeffrey Lenkov filed a petition to remove Rose's permanent ban. In a letter to Lenkov, Manfred said the permanently ineligible list no longer applies to deceased former players.

Shoeless Joe Jackson was one of baseball’s first stars before his ban after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Read about his stats, reinstatement, death, and more.