Many people still question whether or not, Joe Jackson was involved in "The Black Sox Scandal of 1919." "The scandal even left its own legacy that is still inciting arguments among fans today: the fate of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson" (Everstine 3). As the word was being spread to "bet on the Reds", (Everstine 3), an astronomical amount of money was needed to make the payoff to all involved, including the baseball players of the White Sox who were participating in the scandal. Before the beginning of the game on that 'scandalous' day, Joe Jackson begged the owner of the White Sox; Charles Comiskey to l

As described by Joe Jackson, he played his best and at no time during the series made an effort to throw the games.

Joe tells it as he sees it. He had the best performance by any world series player ever. However, after he was convicted of participating in the "Black Sox" scandal baseball officials revoked his controversial, but record breaking thirteenth hit. "And Shoeless Joe Jackson, indisputably one of the greatest ballplayers whoever lived set a World Series record by making twelve hits" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). "Perhaps it just isn't easy for a good ballplayer to play badly" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). Before the first ball was ever thrown in the 1919 World Series, rumors were spreading that the game was fixed. "Cicotte and Jackson, the first to crack, confessed the day after Maharg's story broke" (Seymour 302). "Jackson told of moving slowly after balls hit to him, making throws that fell short, and deliberately striking out with runners in scoring position" (Seymour 303). Joe, however, did not see it this way. "In his Grand Jury testimony, Joe told two diametrically opposed stories, one confessing his guilt and the other professing his innocence" ("Facts" 2). Some people believe that Joe's lawyer prompted him to lie about the scandal in hopes of lessening the punishment.

Shoeless Joe was not the only player to ever make a mistake. As most baseball fans remember Roberto Alomar in 1996 spit in the Umpire's face for making a questionable call. However, a year or two later he was chosen by the fans and baseball officials to start for the American League all-star team. "But just as surely as time heals wounds, it also dulls outrage" (Jenkins 1). It only took a little while for the press and the fans to cool down from that incident and realize that he was one of the most talented baseball players in the league. Most fans believe that Joe should be inducted into the Hall of Fame. It has been more than eighty years since his incident. That incident does not seem as bad a spitting in someone's face. "Joe was banned for life by Judge Landis, and his life is over so give the man his due place in baseball history" (Everstine 4). "He went on to say that many Hall of Fame players also support Joe's induction into the

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