Hornbaker, Tim

"The story of the . . . life of Joseph Jefferson Jackson. From a mill boy to a baseball icon . . . breaks down the rise and fall of 'Shoeless Joe,' giving an inside look during baseball's Deadball Era, including Jackson's personal point of view of the 'Black Sox' scandal, which has never been covered before"--Publisher.

Ty Cobb considered "Shoeless Joe" Jackson the "finest natural hitter in the history in the game." He is surely ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. His career batting average of .356 is still ranked the third best of all time (behind Ty Cobb .366 and Rogers Hornsby .358). Shoeless Joe was on his way to becoming one of the greatest players in the sport's history. And then came the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, where players participated in the throwing of the 1919 World Series by agreeing to not win. Jackson, who played for what is considered the greatest ballclub in major league history, the 1919 Chicago White Sox, was considered a participant in the scandal and banned from baseball. Many fans through the years have questioned the ban and feel that he should be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This book relates Jackson's personal point of view on the scandal that led to his ouster.