Pete Rose & Shoeless Joe Jackson HOF ?

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Originally Posted by Balticfox

But there was no reason for the passage of such a rule had the Hall of Fame acted independently of MLB! There was no reason for the Hall of Fame to care about MLB's ineligible list. If the Hall of Fame was another arm of MLB, I could understand following MLB's edict. But they say it ain't so.

I mean technically there was something since 1945, they adopted the character clause which specified voters should consider character when voting.

But maybe it was already an unspoken rule since Joe Jackson only got votes in 1936 the first year and then for some nominating vote in 1946.