Shoeless” Joe Jackson was a tragic real-life figure from over a century ago whose legend grew in time thanks to the fictional ghost of Shoeless Joe played by actor Ray Liotta in the classic baseball movie,

As news broke that "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose are now eligible for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame as a result of being removed from the permanently ineligible list, some people are wondering why "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was banned from baseball in the first place.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred sent shockwaves through the baseball community when he removed Shoeless Joe Jackson, Pete Rose, and other deceased players from MLB’s permanently ineligible list. For Jackson’s family,