"Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose removed from MLB ineligible list.

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Originally Posted by Jerm

Bud Selig, ya know the guy who’s watch this all happened under and who reaped all the rewards while turning a blind eye, was elected in….it’s such a farce lol.

Selig was elected by Today's Era Committee, not by the writers that you are complaining about.

You're complaining about the writers, they voted 66% for Bonds and 65% for Clemens on their last time on the ballot. That's still 2/3 agreement.

Bonds and Clemens got 25% and less from the contemporary era committee. I feel like the Hall of Fame, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, has done more to keep Bonds and Clemens out than the writers.

Over the last decade, the Hall of Fame has changed the rules so Clemens and Bonds dropped off the writer's ballot faster (10 years instead of 15) and it just changed the rules so their potential candidacy on committees could be reduced to just two more times.

Let's not forget Joe Morgan, before he passed, wrote a letter on behalf of the Hall of Fame, expressing that the institution did not want PED users in.