There’s a lot of disbelief,” said great-great nephew Joseph Raymond Jackson. “I didn't think I'd ever live to see this day happen."

Former MLB legends "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose shockingly were reinstated by league commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday. Jackson and Rose were two of 17 deceased individuals reinstated by MLB, as Manfred noted MLB's punishment of banned players ends upon their death.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's recent ruling makes 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and seven other previously banned Chicago White Sox players eligible for Hall of Fame consideration.

Pete Rose, who was banished from Major League Baseball for gambling on the game, has been removed from the league's permanently ineligible list and could be a contender for the Hall of Fame, MLB announced Tuesday.

Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson are now both eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.