Readers sound off on ‘Shoeless Joe’ Jackson, hurricane aid and letting states decide

Make it close with Rose, but not earlier Jackson

Cibolo, Texas: The recent decease of Pete Rose has triggered a important fig of shot fans to suggest that Rose’s expulsion was excessive and helium should beryllium reinstated and enshrined astatine Cooperstown. In my opinion, though deserving, Rose needs to hold a spot longer.

Joseph Jefferson Jackson — “Shoeless Joe” — represents the epitome of ballplayers who person been unjustly banished from the sport. The conspiracy to propulsion the 1919 World Series, the notorious Black Sox Scandal, is 1 of baseball’s darkest moments. However, the debarment of Jackson for his “involvement” successful the hole remains a arguable topic.

It is present well-known that Shoeless Joe (photo) refused the $5,000 bribe connected 2 occasions. Additionally, Jackson attempted to pass Charles Comiskey, proprietor of the White Sox, astir the fix. However, Comiskey declined to conscionable with Jackson. Years later, players who were implicated successful the ungraded admitted that Jackson did not actively enactment successful the fix. His show during the 1919 World Series lends credence to his innocence. He was 12 for 32 (a .375 batting average) and 5 for 12 with runners successful scoring position. Jackson deed the series’ lone location run, and helium is credited with six runs batted in.

Unfortunately, similar Rose, Jackson remains connected MLB’s ineligible list, which precludes his predetermination to the Hall of Fame. So far, efforts to reinstate him person been futile. It is clip for MLB to close this egregious error. Sorry, Pete, but Shoeless Joe goes to the beforehand of the line. John Di Genio

A-list only?

Point Pleasant, N.J.: So, I conjecture you person to beryllium a super-celebrity to get your obituary successful the Daily News. I announcement that celebrated radical person passed and The News nary longer writes astir their deaths. Damn shame. Gene Speroni

Neglected sport

Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: You bash cognize the hockey preseason has opened, too? You screen the NBA but not the NHL. It’s clip for The News to grow its horizons. Let’s spell Rangers. Glenn E. Simpson

Cheaters blanked

Bronx: The Astros didn’t beforehand this twelvemonth due to the fact that they couldn’t cheat. Everyone was watching! Kevin Quirke

Off the air

Poyntelle, Pa.: Living present successful northeastern Pennsylvania each my life, I was truthful shocked to perceive the quality that WCBS News Radio 880 was going off and changing to all-sports radio. I’ve been listening since 1990 — 34 years — and present I won’t beryllium capable to perceive Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane, 2 of my favourite newsmen, and besides Craig Allen, my favourite weatherman. The aforesaid happening happened successful 1982, erstwhile WABC 770 dropped the euphony and went to all-talk radio. Let’s anticipation News Radio 880 tin get capable radical aggravated to get sports taken off. Alan Kulakosky

Investing instead

Bronx: I cognize what I’m going to bash if congestion pricing is approved successful its contiguous money-grabbing form. I volition not thrust into Manhattan and volition prevention my congestion-price wealth to acquisition the MTA tax-free bonds the bureau volition peddle erstwhile they scope the $1 cardinal collected from the mediocre souls who person to thrust and walk wealth successful Manhattan. Virgilio Carballo

Take a fuller view

Woodside: I hold with James F. McShane connected his Be Our Guest portion (“Congestion pricing is not the (complete) answer,” op-ed, Oct. 3). Most of our congestion has been created by the metropolis reengineering the streets successful the cardinal concern district. This seems to person been done by the metropolis chiefly to kowtow to groups similar Transportation Alternatives. It appears that nary existent thought went into this reengineering, looking astatine the pros and cons of these changes and the effects they would person connected postulation patterns. Never taken into information was that double-parking runs rampant and unchecked, causing adjacent much delays and congestion, particularly connected the transverse streets. The metropolis needs to rethink however these reengineering projects get done and look astatine the pros and cons and however they impact everyone — driver, pedestrian, cyclist. Tom Rice

Doubtful

Brooklyn: I person a antithetic sentiment successful regards to the projected Arrow Linen tract successful Windsor Terrace (“An Arrow pointing to housing,” editorial, Sept. 14). It volition not lone ruin that portion of Prospect Ave., but it volition commencement the diminution of Windsor Terrace. Will the developer see parking for each apartment? I uncertainty that minimum-wage earners volition beryllium capable to spend to unrecorded there. If the developer gets permission, they volition physique arsenic overmuch and arsenic precocious arsenic they can. This isn’t astir affordability, it’s astir greed. If you deliberation I’m wrong, instrumentality a bully look astatine Downtown Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens and Fourth Ave. Bruce Selfridge

Hung retired to dry

Bronx: Re “Frustration successful aftermath of ‘cane” (Oct. 3): Hundreds of thousands of radical are desperately turning to the U.S. national authorities for help. Meals of immoderate kind, taste sensitivity not important. Lodging of immoderate kind, four-star ratings not necessary. Financial assistance arsenic good arsenic life-saving aesculapian aid. Unfortunately for these people, they are lone United States citizens warring for their endurance owed to a nationalist upwind catastrophe successful their precise ain country. Joe Schulok

Deprioritized

Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas conscionable announced that FEMA does not person capable backing to marque it done hurricane season. This successful spite of the Biden medication having conscionable fixed different $2.4 cardinal to Ukraine and having besides spent astir $1 cardinal successful structure services backing migrant lodging implicit the past mates of years. This is simply a catastrophic neglect of work connected their part, arsenic they proceed to enactment Americans last. Interesting excessively is however the astir needy Americans affected by Hurricane Helene are successful areas that traditionally ballot Republican, and the deficiency of assistance and assistance whitethorn jeopardize their quality to ballot adjacent month. Michael P. Devine

Slick stuff

Brooklyn: At slightest the VP statement was civilized. There were nary nasty comments. However, the pursuing was clear: Sen. JD Vance was glib but a existent bare suit. Either helium lied oregon does not judge evident facts. He refused to reply the question whether President Biden won the 2020 election. Vance lied that Donald Trump saved Obamacare. Trump made galore unsuccessful attempts to abolish it. Vance besides refused to reply the question astir the lies dispersed by him and Trump concerning the Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio. Vance inactive defends the lie. No substance however glib helium is, unfortunately, helium can’t beryllium trusted to archer the truth. Alan Podhaizer

High hypocrisy

Staten Island: To Voicer Fred Schoeneborn: It ne'er fails to amuse maine erstwhile a MAGA chapeau complains that idiosyncratic from the different broadside is making up silly names for your idol. Webster’s Dictionary defines hypocrisy arsenic “the signifier of claiming to person motivation standards oregon beliefs to which one’s ain behaviour does not conform.” What’s next? Are you going to kick astir idiosyncratic poking amusive astatine disabled reporters? Or idiosyncratic who calls veterans losers and suckers? You can’t clasp anyone to a higher modular than you clasp yourself to. Victor R. Stanwick

Polarized policies

Bronx: Letting states determine laws successful absorption to the 14th Amendment’s adjacent extortion clause is unconstitutional. Remember erstwhile states legalized slavery for 200 years resulting successful the Civil War, a warfare that killed much Americans than WWI and WWII combined. Presently, immoderate states person the decease punishment and others bash not. Just ideate each the guiltless radical executed wrongly. How bash you remedy that? This the eventual misapplication of the 14th Amendment. Dare not interaction the Second Amendment. Letting the states determine is simply a look for a discontented nation. We are surviving successful the astir polarized clip successful American history. A federation divided against itself tin not agelong endure. We person met the enemy, it’s us! Gilbert M. Lane

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