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."

Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

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.

The Hall of Fame has already announced that any of the now-reinstated players would be considered by the Historical Overview Committee to possibly be placed on the Classic Basebal

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.