They died 74 years apart. Yet they are linked together in baseball lore. Joseph Walker Jackson was born in Pickens, South Carolina in 1887.  Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati,

Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and other players permanently banned by the sport would have their statuses restored at death.

“Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN.