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Originally Posted by ThatSeventiesGuy
I'm still in the "induct him after he dies" camp. Same should have been done with Shoeless Joe long ago, although Pete, IMO, willingly did more wrong than Joe did.
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Let's see...Pete made bets that his team would win games.....and Joe Jackson took money to throw a World Series....yeah, Pete did way worse.....
Joe Jackson was not Rube Waddell. He knew what the money was for. And he was not a simpleton. He could not read and write very well, but that was not that uncommon in South Carolina at the turn of the century. He ran a successful business after his playing days. He was as intelligent as most ball players were.
The ring leaders needed Joe to show the gamblers they had a star player in on the deal. They may have used his name without his permission, but he took the money just the same. He probably did not try to do anything during the games to earn the money as the other conspirators assured him that they would take care of everything.
Now, I don't care whether he is reinstated or not, but to say that he is more innocent than Pete is not very fair.