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The all-time hit king and Jackson -- both longtime baseball pariahs stained by gambling, seen by MLB as the game's mortal sin -- are now presumably eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe HOF-eligible as MLB lifts ban

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