| Who's shoeless Joe?(don't say a guy named Joe who doesn't wear shoes)? |
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I heard he was a great natural hitter, but I don't know who he is. |
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Joe Jackson Hall of Famer |
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I think his real name was Joe Jackson. Yes, his real name was Joe Jackson. He got caught up in the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 (I think that was the year) when members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to fix the World Series. Joe Jackson. He was a .356 career hitter, third alltime, but he was expelled from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. His full name was Joe Jackson. He is called Shoeless Joe because one time his spikes were to small so he took them off for ONE game. He was part of the 1919 Black Sox scandal which invovled players being payed to lose the World Series. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was a outfielder for the Chicago White Sox in the early 20th century. He is famous for being a part of the 1919 "Black Sox" incident, where the White Sox players were payed by Arnold Rothstein to lose the World Series. He was nicknamed "Shoeless" Joe when he was in the minor leagues. His new spikes were too small, so he went out and played the outfield in his bare feet, hence the name "Shoeless" Joe. The player was Shoeless Joe Jackson and his real name was Joseph Jefferson Jackson. Joseph Jefferson Jackson. Was a man that was cheated! members of the whit sox in 1919 conspired with gamblers to throw the world series, because the owner took away thier bonus and gave them cheap wine. when they were charged shoeless joe a .356 hitter was told to sign a paper. It was actually a confession, but shoeless couldnt read or write so he did not realize he was confessing to something he did not do! So when the black sox were expelled from baseball forever he too lost the game, which elliminates him from bieng inducted into the hall of fame, just like pete rose! if you want to learn about the black sox watch the documentary movie(eight men out) its the whole story! They're all right. Watch the film Field of Dreams. If you build it they will come. shoeless Joe Jackson is NOT in the hall of fame. He took money to purposely lose the 1919 WORLD Series. |
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