After Pete Rose, Joe Jackson, seven other members of Chicago's "Black Socks" in 1919, six other former players, a coach and a former boss are now eligible for the Hall of Fame, Commissioner Rob Manfred removed them from the permanent qualifying list of major league baseball.

"The National Baseball Hall of Fame has always insisted that anyone removed from the permanently unqualified list of baseball will be eligible for the Hall of Fame considerations. Major League Baseball's decision to remove the deceased from the qualified list will allow candidates for that individual candidate.''

Due to the Hall of Fame voting process, Ross and Jackson will vote on the Classic Times Baseball Committee in December 2027 in December 1980, which voted on the Classic Times Baseball Committee.

Let's dig into the meaning of all this.

Why are these players banned?

All those on the restored list are permanently eligible due to allegations related to baseball-related gambling - either throw the game, accept bribes or bet on baseball games like roses.

Most of the banned players, including Jackson and his seven Chicago White Sox teammates, threw the 1919 World Series and played in the 1910s, when gambling at baseball games was common. As historian Bill James once wrote: “The simplification of few memories is as strange as hitting a baseball in the Black Socks scandal. … In fact, of course, the Black Socks scandal is just the biggest wart in a disease that has grown at least early on, and has grown, not been eliminated, but has ravaged a generation.

Of course, the most famous player is Jackson, who is one of the biggest stars of baseball, the 1910s Ty Cobb and Tris speakers. Over the years, many tried to exaggerate Jackson, noting that he reached .375 in the 1919 World Series, but baseball historians agreed that Jackson was willing to go to the World Series and received money from the gambling ring, thus paying back the White Sox players.

When White Sox players were acquitted in a criminal trial in 1921, Commissioner Kennesaw Hill Landis banned eight players in a statement that began “regardless of the jury’s verdict…”

If there is an innocent member of the group, it is third baseman Buck Weaver, not Jackson. Weaver attended the meeting to discuss the fixation of the World Series, and Landis forbids him for life for guilty knowledge.

As for Ross, he was banned by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti in 1989 from betting on games when he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds, including those involved in his team. Ross denied the allegations for years, but ultimately admitted it. He died last September at the age of 83.

Who else is affected?

Philadelphia's owner William Cox was banned in 1943 and was forced to sell the team to bet on the game. Cox just bought the team earlier that season. Although Benny Kauff was a big star in the Federal League in 1914-15, he won the batting championship in both seasons, none of the other non-White Sox players made a big difference. The Federal League is a breakthrough league that tries to challenge the national and American leagues.

When will the fastest Rose and Jackson enter the Hall of Fame?

The American Baseball Writers Association did not consider the Hall of Fame voting process for players—for example, Rose and Jackson who never appeared in the voting due to their banned identity—including two eras: the contemporary baseball era (1980-present) and the classic baseball era (pre-1980s). The voting period has been set:

December 2025: Players vote in the contemporary era.

December 2026: Contemporary era votes for managers, executives and referees.

December 2027: Classic ERA votes for players, managers, executives and referees.

Each committee has its first screening, putting eight candidates on the ballot, so Ross and Jackson will have to vote first. While it is unclear how future screening committees will proceed, both are likely to vote. Although the comparison with the players alleged by PED is not Apple's fully qualified Apple as they have never been included in the roster of the qualifying list, it is worth noting that Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro are included in the 2023 Eight Modern Times vote.

Once the ballot is determined – a 16-person committee of Hall of Fame, long-time executives and media members or historians will convene and vote. Candidates must receive 12 votes to choose. In December's latest election, Dave Parker and Dick Allen participated in the vote for the Classic Age.

Which players have the best HOF cases?

Apparently, if Ross never bet on baseball, Ross would be a Grand Slam Hall of Fame if he showed up in the BBWAA vote after his career ended. Rose has 4,256 hits as the best MLB leader in history, winning three hits and was the 1973 NL MVP. Although he was overrated in a sense-his 79.6 career warfare was more consistent with the likes of Jeff Bagwell, Brooks Robinson and Robin Yount rather than the elite superstar of all time-and unanimously unresolved, breaking Ty Cobb's hit record, his popularity and fame made him a famous hall.

Whether he will be supported now is complicated. Both Bonds and Clemens won less than four votes in 2023. The committee is usually made up of eight former players, and given a hard and fast rule that every player knows, they may not support Rose: You can’t bet on the game.

Meanwhile, Jackson was a star in the Deadball era, reaching .408 in 1911 and .408 in his career, which is the fourth-place average for only Cobb, Black League stars Oscar Charleston and Rogers Hornsby. Due to the ban, he ended his career at the age of 32 and ended with 62.2 wars and 1,772 hits. Those numbers are low for Hall of Fame selection, although the ERA committee recently elected Allen and Tony Oliva, both of whom completed with less than 2,000 hits. Again, it’s hard to say how the committee will view Jackson’s gambling connection to the sport.

The only recovering player with a chance to get a voting opportunity was pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who won 209 games and ended the game with a 59.7 war. The knuckle hand was still strong when he showed up with a 36 shot in his final season, winning 29 games for the White Sox in 1919 and winning 21 games for 21 before Landis banned him.

In terms of its value, the highest-placed players in the professional war had been successful before 1980, and not in the Hall of Fame were Rose, Bill Dahlen (75.3), Bobby Grich (71.0), Graig Nettles (67.6) (67.6), Reggie Smith (64.6), Ken Boyer (62.8), Jackson and Sal Bando (61.5) (61.5).

The pitching candidates will include Louis Tate (65.7), Tommy John (61.6) and Wes Ferrer (60.1). John received seven votes in the recent vote. Others on the vote include Steve Garvey, Boyer, Black League pitcher John Donaldson, Black League manager Vic Harris and Tiant.

Other potential candidates before 1980 may include Thurman Munson, Bert Campaneris, Dave Concepcion and Stan Hack.