Roger Clemens walks

[Beninator]

Btw, when I talk about questioning Joe Jackson's credentials it comes from the length of his career. He was an excellent hitter, and he got thrown out of the game at 33 he'd just finished his "prime." Presuming he performed in the good - great range for the next 3-5 years, he's an easy call... but a lot of guys turn 33 and fall apart too. No way of knowing which Joe Jackson was.

This kind of goes back to my statement of best player in a player's respective era. Was Joe Jackson one of the top 3-4 outfielders in his era? (1910-19)
IMO... Definitely!

[sousaman2089]

On stats alone, Shoeless Joe Jackson is probably a top 30 player of all time. And when it comes to throwing the World Series, getting 12 hits, batting over .375 in the series, having no errors and even throwing a guy out at home isn't something someone trying to throw a World Series

From what we know today, another player threw money on his bed and Joe never agreed to throw the series for money, but he took the money. The Chicago jury acquitted him and people have read over the stenographic record of the trial and no where is it even close to prove Shoeless Joe threw the series.

But, he did take the money that he found on his bed....

Shoeless Joe Jackson rant done.

[tornado]

Just wondering....if Shoeless Joe were alive today - would he ever be able to get a Nike or Reebok contract?

[sousaman2089]

Took me a second to realize that was a joke....now I feel kind of stupid

[thefish7]

Took me a second to realize that was a joke....now I feel kind of stupid

Lol, I had the same problem.