Shoeless Joe Jackson belongs in the baseball hall of Fame

[Hardline]

Prove me wrong.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Prove me wrong.

I agree.
He didn’t want any part of that crap.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Always has but it's a case of what happens when the press looks the other way when they know a story is wrong but simply endorse the narrative, as opposed to investigating and reporting the truth.

 

[JD_KaPow]

He accepted money from gamblers to throw a World Series. If that's not disqualifying, I don't know what is.

 

[Hardline]

He accepted money from gamblers to throw a World Series. If that's not disqualifying, I don't know what is.

He accepted money from a teammate.
His World Series statistics were better than his yearly statistics.
He played balls out hard.

 

[Big_D]

So does Charlie Hustle!

 

[JD_KaPow]

He accepted money from a teammate.
His World Series statistics were better than his yearly statistics.
He played balls out hard.

He took the money. He knew what it was for. Nothing else is relevant.

 

[Hardline]

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.

 

[Flamma]

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.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

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.

And despite taking the money, knowing what it was for, he also had first hand knowledge that team mates were actively participating in it...seems cut and dry to me

 

[Ghost12]

He took money from gamblers for the purposes of throwing a game. The argument "but look how well he did!!" is irrelevant. Once you take money from gamblers, it calls into question everything you do. It calls into question the very integrity of the game. And once fans think the players in a World Series might not be playing to win because they have a financial incentive in losing, then you no longer have a sports league.

If that isn't ban-worthy, then nothing is.