Greenville’s own ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson, a player many consider one of the greatest of all time, is now one swing away from a permanent place in history. Major League Baseball reinstated Jackson, making him Hall of Fame eligible.

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.

Rose, MLB’s all-time leader in hits (4,256), voluntarily agreed with Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti to a permanent ban on Aug. 23, 1989, following an investigation that concluded Rose bet on the Reds as both a player and manager. Manfred previously rejected Rose’s petition for reinstatement in 2015.