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Originally Posted by Questdog
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.....
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Shoeless Joe never took his whole payout ($5k of the promised $20k was left in his room) couldn't read the thing he signed admitting it, and had stats far above most of his teammates for the entire series (his 12 hits in that series was the WS record until 1964!). But don't let facts cloud your opinion!
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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,
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At all. Shoeless Joe Jackson was illiterate.
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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.
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No, he didn't. Lefty Williams threw $5,000 down in his hotel room, but the other $15k never turned up. Probably because Joe played so well.
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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.
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Again, most hits in a World Series until 1964, and hit the only home run of the series.
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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.
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It is absolutely, 100% fair.