Jackson's guilt in the Black Sox scandal is highly debatable. He should have been reinstated a long time ago.
Yes, it appears that these things are related, at least in the case of Pete Rose. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/202...manfred-hall-of-fame-mike-bianchi-commentary/
I either heard it on a podcast, or my hubby told me that shoeless Joe was convicted of something and the pardon made him eligible for HOF. I didn’t research it any further.
Highest paid QBs in the NFL on a per-year basis: 🏈Dak Prescott: $60M🏈Joe Burrow: $55M🏈Josh Allen: $55M🏈Jordan Love: $55M🏈Trevor Lawrence: $55M🏈Tua Tagovailoa: $53.1M🏈Brock Purdy: $53M🏈Jared Goff: $53M https://t.co/NoivOyuAyr pic.twitter.com/X0cQYfvloV— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 16, 2025
Meh, he's not great but he's not bad either. He's pretty good. I don't think that's a bad deal for the Niners. Now they can focus on the other parts of their team.
Speculation is that Trump pushed for Rose's reinstatement and that Manfred wanted to get on his good side because he's pushing for direct-to-consumer streaming service (under government scrutiny) and wants to avoid an end to their antitrust exemption. This is how things tend to work these days. Manfred is nothing if not shrewd. He surely did not want to risk the president embarrassing him publicly on social media. He also likely did not want to get on Trump’s wrong side at a time when he is pushing for a direct-to-consumer streaming service for the league, and the migration from broadcast to streaming by professional sports leagues is under government scrutiny. Also, while Trump is known to be pro-management, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that, if sufficiently annoyed, he could threaten baseball’s antitrust exemption. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6329688/2025/05/13/pete-rose-mlb-rob-manfred/
Though I must ask: 1) Is that really what the A.I. thought The Professor (far right) looked like? 2) Why is a red shirt (worn by both Engineering and Security during the SNW and TOS eras) - and a lower-ranking one, at that - sitting in the Captain’s chair? GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G