Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred ended the lifetime bans of several deceased former major leaguers on Tuesday. Among those reinstated were two of the best hitters in the history of baseball,

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.

Landis maintained the color line from his appointment as the first baseball commissioner because, let’s face it, baseball owners had gambling interests for years.