He accepted money from a teammate.He accepted money from gamblers to throw a World Series. If that's not disqualifying, I don't know what is.
He took the money. He knew what it was for. Nothing else is relevant.He accepted money from a teammate.
His World Series statistics were better than his yearly statistics.
He played balls out hard.
Joe hit .375 and had 12 hits with the only home run leading both teams in hits and batting average. Many say that this proves that he had no part in the fix.He took the money. He knew what it was for. Nothing else is relevant.
Joe hit .375 and had 12 hits with the only home run leading both teams in hits and batting average. Many say that this proves that he had no part in the fix.
After the series, Joe was unwittingly tricked into admitting that he had taking part in the fix. Joe was banned for life from pro baseball after the series by commissioner Kenesaw Landis, despite the fact that a hearing had cleared Joe of all charges involving the fix.
At first I agreed with people that said he accepted the money to fix a game and that's all that matters. Now after thinking on it for awhile I am no longer in that camp. To me it is obvious that he took the money but did not go through with it. To me the last part is what's important, not the money. There's a sucker born every minute. That's probably what was on his mind.