Should Shoeless Joe Jackson Be In The Hall Of Fame
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Who among us has not watched the movie " Field of Dreams " and learned and heard about the story of Shoeless Joe Jackson told in that movie. Have you ever wondered was Shoeless Joe Jackson innocent or guilty. When he signed the confession did he even know what he was signing. Probally he did not as history tells us Shoeless Joe Jackson could not read and could write nothing but his name.
Probally only Pete Rose creates more contraversory than Shoeless Joe jackson and should they both be in the Baseball Hall of fame. Well were not going to cover Pete Rose here but we will Shoeless Joe Jackson. Did you know that during the 1919 World Series Shoeless Joe Jackson batted .375 for the series with six runs batted in. Doesn't sound like someone who was trying to throw the game does it? Even today Shoeless Joe Jackson holds the third highest batting average of all time. The only two ahead of Shoeless Joe Jackson are Ty Cobb and Roger Hornby. Ty Cobb said Shoeless Joe Jackson was the greatest natural hitter to ever play the game.
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Shoeless Joe Jacksons ,356 batting average is the third best of all time. In 1917 , his fielding percentage ( .984 ) was near the top of the league. He went on to lead the American League in almost every category. There is no serious debate about Shoeless Joe Jackson's Hall of Fame credentials. Probally the only thing keeping Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the Baseball Hall of Fame was the fact that he was banned from Baseball for life. But should he have been. I think not. Shoeless Joe Jackson and his brilliant career are over shadowed by the 1919 World Series and the fact that eight baseball players took money to fix the 1919 World Series. Shoeless Joe Jackson took $5000.00 to throw the 1919 World Series but from everything that has been found out down thru history Shoeless Joe Jackson did anything but throw the World Series. Shoeless Joe Jackson even went to the teams owner Comiskey and told him what was going on and asked to be benched for the series but Comiskey ignored him. Doesn't sound like a man who was guilty does it?
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Shoeless Joe Jackson died in 1951 and is still banned today. His last words were said to have been , " Well I'm going to face the greatest Umpire of all and he knows I am innocent. "
The Commissioner of Baseball needs to reopen the Shoeless Joe Jackson issue and let Shoeless Joe Jackson into the Baseball Hall of Fame. If any Baseball Player in history desrves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame its Shoeless Joe Jackson. Help us out by giving this page a Digg below. Lets all see if we can help out Shoeless Joe Jackson. If you have not watched Field Of Dreams rent it or buy it and watch it. Invite friends to watch it. Send letters to the Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig and ask him to let Shoeless Joe Jackson into the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Below is Bud Selig's address. Send him a letter today and get everyone you know to sign it.
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" Shoeless Joe Jackson " , Joseph Jefferson Jackson was born in Brandon Mills S.C. As a child he worked alongside his father in a Brandon Mills Textile Mill. Outside of the mill Joe's main intrest was baseball and pretty soon Joe was a star on the mills baseball team. Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned from Baseball for his alledged part in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal but over the 80 plus years since then many fans think Shoeless Joe Jackson got a raw deal and should be in Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. What do you think? Does Shoeless Joe Jackson belong in the Hall of Fame or should he be kept out forever. Comment below and let us know what you think.
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Thanks for the comment dsasser.
Never knew the background til now
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One of my favorite subjects and pasttimes. Love baseball and its history. There is no richer and more colorful history in sports than that of baseball, and the Shoeless Joe saga is definitely something that needs to be revisited. Hell, they revisit Pete Rose every once in a while, Shoeless Joe deserves, at the very least, consideration.
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He was banned for life, and his life has been over for almost 60 years now. It's time to recognize what this man was on the field, on of the best (if not the best) of his time. The HOF is not what it should be without him being enshrined.
If anyone deserves to be inthe HOF its Shoeless Joe Jackson. If druggies like Fergus Jenkins and Orlando Cepeda are in there its criminal like Shoeless Joe isn"t. He was a decent man also though illiterate. its time to put this womderful ballplayer in the HOF where he deserves to be.
Thanks for the comment LA and Ron Foss. My thoughts exactly
Yes, more so than any of the players today who make a mockery of the game with drug use. There are few humble men anymore.
Definatelly needs to be revisited. Shoeless Joe deserves to be in the HOF. Another player that needs to be there that is NOT is Don Mattingly. Hell if Kirby Puckett is there then why the hell is Don not. Baseball's Hall of Fame is definatelly a contraversial subject and seems about as phished as today's American politics. Peace and Good Luck
actually i think shoeless hit .444 in the series and he should deffinately be in the hall (same with pete rose) but he had a great batting average feilding percentenge of 1.000 in the series and he was one of the greatest ball players of all time
Thanks for the comments and yes I really think Shoeless Joe Jackson belongs in the Hall Of Fame.
I always have liked JOe jackson and i think he should be in the hall of fame
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Yes Shoeless Joe Jackson should be in Baseballs Hall of Fame. I really believe so. How about you.
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Joe Jackson is one of the greatest of all times and Should be in the hall of fame with everybody else. If you ask me Landis should be removed for banning in innocent. Also if it were not for Jackson, how great would Babe Ruth be I mean he did model his swing after Jackson after all and if he didnt would he be in the HOF? Jackson did no wrong during the 1919 WS he tried his hardest to win but one man cant win a WS. If your with me then i say nobody no mtter how much you want to i say people stop going to the HOF until Jackson's Name is in there and start a potition to get him into the Hall Of Fame
Sure, he's got great numbers as a whole for the Series, but have you ever looked at his individual game performance. In the games they were suppose to lose, Jackson hit a pitiful (for him) 250. and for the others three games he hit 545. Coincidence, maybe, but what about the three tripples that were given to the Reds by Jackson. Come on, someone with his baseball knowledge and skill doesn't give up three tripples in the games that mean the most to them. But what does it really matter. Its all opinion isn't it. Only he knows what went on. Besides, who cares. He took the money and that's it. He accepted his fate when he spent his first cent. He deserves to be banned. Sure, Comiskey was screwing him and the rest of the team, but that still doesn't give him the right to knowingly join a fix and taint the history of America's favorite past-time. Great player, yes... Deserves to be in Hall of Fame, NO... Only the hall of Shame for "Shoeless" SORRY JOE
i agree. joe jackson sealed the deal when he accepted the money. if you love the game of baseball you play for what you believe in, to have fun. the hall of fame is full of ballplayer with enthuiasm for the game not for money
shoelessjoe jackson is my favorite player and yes i think he should be in the hall of fame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shoelessjoe jackson is my favorite player and yes i think he should be in the hall of fame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i do not understand that he should pick the innocent man joe "shoeless" jackson to be baseball hall of fame even not write or read and George "Babe" Ruth does not have brain because babe is so hot temper and hit umpire and player and manager also he is wonderful player because of homerun king 40 years that count into hall of famer why not babe should not hall of famer because of hit umpires and player and manager but joe jackson should be into hall of famer not gambler he is good person and he must be proud honor to be hall of famer soon as we all will remember of joe jackson for forever he is pasttimes and today and forever he is innocent to be in baseball with or without guilt and gamble God will care of joe jackson's innocent if he did it but i hope he will be in hall of fame someday soon as possible thank you for be patiient with me so so people will realized to pick joe jackson to be hall of fame
I definitely believe that this incredible ball player should be in the Hall of Fame. The confession he made was based on the recommendation of Alfred Austrian (Charles Comisky's attorney). Joe's mistake was in believing that because Austrian was Comisky's attorney, he also represented the players. When Joe attempted to speak with Comisky prior to the start of the series, he was informed by Comisky's secretary, Harry Grabiner, that Comisky had no time to see him. He was further informed that Comisky was aware of what Joe wanted to see him about and that he still did not wish to meet with him.
Furthermore, I would question the individual game statistics brought up earlier showing Joe hitting .250 in the five games they lost and .545 in the games they won. I don't see this as unusual for the outcome of a game to be closely tied to the performance of 1 or more star players on the team. I have seen no evidence that those percentages were by design.
The fact is, all the arguments I've read so far against Joe Jackson being enshrined in the MLB Hall of Fame contain purely circumstancial evidence, and that's not enough for me to agree that the ban should continue. Joe Jackson belongs in the Hall of Fame and that's all there is to it.
dsasser says:
2 years ago
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