Has Shoeless Joe ever been accorded due process? I’ll admit to never studied the Black Sox scandal in depth, perhaps that’s a job for the Commissioner’s office?
Rose has done 30 years out of the HOF, its they that lost.
Many like me feel the game had people as Owners who had convictions, owned horses, and yet, the guy who excelled on the field has had his sentence last so long.
The Lord has granted Pete a relatively long life to twit the powers that be that every year they look more and more stupid.
Rose has outlived most of the newspaper writers who voted against him.
Long live Rose, and may the newspaper industry die out before he dies.
Viva Rose.
Shoeless Joe and the other seven players not only had due process, they were not indicted by a grand jury when the case was presented.