Shoeless Joe Jackson. Baseball's Lost Hero Caught in the Black Sox Scandal.

Shoeless Joe Jackson: Baseball Legend. Was he a victim or a Chicago Black Sox Scandal Cheat? What is certain is he is one of baseball's greatest hitters. So much so that Babe Ruth copied his swing and called him the greatest natural hitter he'd ever seen. But Jackson's career was marked by incredible excellence and a heartbreaking scandal.
Separate fact from fiction and dive into the life of this legendary ball player. Watch to find out!
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[@tomsmith522]

105 years later and shoeless Joe is not in the hall of fame.... despicable 😢

[@FUGP72]

are you joking He literally took money to throw a World Series. And yes...he DID throw it. Just like them all. HE just did it a little smarter than others, picking and choosing when to throw it. All his big hits were when the game was well out of range. Any at bat where he could have made a difference in the 5 games they lost, he made a bad out. So bad that the very descriptive NY Times play by play at the time noted how bad he looked. I printed every games' play by play from microfilm long ago. He definitely threw it.

[@Pooch511]

Being illiterate did not help. Maybe he just couldn't understand what he was getting involved with.

[@FUGP72]

Uhhhh...it wasn't presented him in writing.

[@tomclyde2533]

I think he was innocent a,person that does that good,in the world sea.

[@kevinconnelly3662]

If the guy is playing the out field and doesn't commit a error. Oh and batted 375 for series. The guy was seriously set up for the fall. As the games were decided on pitching and infield play. There was no mention of the game stats or errors by infield or hit to walk ratio .

[@sandyatkins6978]

Good video. Short and sweet and a good starting point for those interested in Jackson' s story. In researching sporting history in South Georgia I came across a lot of evidence of Jackson playing for teams in the region. He really loved the game.

[@joethaler7921]

Get rid of the robot. 5:59

[@billbayes3261]

Sorry, not Josh Gibson. He didn't play enough games. Nothing personal. Just facts!

[@BrightStone-production]

Batting 375 and no errors does not sound like someone is throwing a game or series, even by todays standards. The whole garbage time claim is just nonsense. I think he was guilty by association, he may not actually have been a part of it or in on it, but unfortunately he was right in the middle of it. I would not say he is 100% innocent nor 100% guilty. I have read one report that claims he actually did not even want to play in that series knowing what they, the team, was planning on doing. He had to be talked into playing. With that being said, he did not deserve a lifetime ban, none of them did. They were made examples of after the fact. There was no rule saying you would be banned, if that had been in the rules, they might not have thrown it at all. Why risk it, especially back in those days. The other hot rumor is that there may have been other games in years before 1919 that had been thrown for the gamblers. Sadly there is no way of coming up with any new evidence, it is all past history now, some things we will just never really know.

[@rlkinnard]

Who can hit 375 by hitting only in garbage time? not even Ty Cobb.

[@FUGP72]

All his big hits were when the game was well out of range. Any at bat where he could have made a difference in the 5 games they lost, he made a bad out. So bad that the very descriptive NY Times play by play at the time noted how bad he looked. I printed every games' play by play from microfilm long ago. He definitely threw it.

[@rlkinnard]

@@FUGP72 Batting 375 was about what you would have expected from Joe. Even hitting .300 which would have been good for Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle or Hank Aaron, the great players of my youth, would have been highly suspicious that Joe was holding back. But 375 was a very good series.

[@MarcelaR-dh1ok]

Back then they were permanently out of baseball In today's world you cheat, and cheat...win the ws, then bench coach becomes Manager

[@ThatGreenGuy85]

Yep. If this happened today he'd be the Astros or Patriots.

[@anonymousYTviewer69]

3:19 he lost 5 games to 3 why do people sya the lower number first. its better understood saying the winning team score first

[@fuqui035]

Every one cheatsin baseball ask a rod hes still in baseball and he was goingto buy a baseball team go figure

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

He took the money but probably didn't do anything to throw any games.

[@FUGP72]

Yes he did. He just did it smarter. All his big hits were when the game was well out of range. Any at bat where he could have made a difference in the 5 games they lost, he made a weak out. So bad that the very descriptive NY Times play by play at the time noted how bad he looked. I printed every games' play by play from microfilm long ago. He definitely threw it.

[@frenzy6504]

Good video dude i hope you get more subsricers soon

[@soyouthinkyouknowbaseball]

Thanks. I hope so too.

[@ColinGriffin-tl6oi]

He was innocent.

[@carlmoore3215]

1:27 I hear "team" but see "time" in rhe video's displayed text.

[@roopan1968]

Alert the proper authorities!!! Typos happen...just read your own comment.

[@douggolden255]

Sounds like he was guilty of accepting the money but his conscience led him to play well. He appears to be a reluctant accomplice. Reluctant or not, he appears guilty. It hurts, but I think Landis did the right thing.

[@MMAFAN21]

You believe a man who grew up with next to zero education that was also illiterate, understood he was participating in throwing the World Series for monetary gain. His performance suggest otherwise and what benefit would his teammates have to admitting they were involved but stated they only used Joe as "Clout" to guarantee they would lose. Landis was a moron and it blows my mind people believe Joe was in on it.

[@davidswift7776]

A sad and tragic figure. Further he is always described as a nice guy and good teammate. Nevertheless, ignorance is never a valid excuse for committing a crime. Personally, I think he accepted his punishment without too much pushback. He was in on the fix…. You know you can’t be just a little bit pregnant !

[@MetroCSN]

Joe Jackson was guilty of the conspiracy he was charged with. There was never an issue about how he played since it wasn't illegal to bet or throw games. Read his deposition in 1920. He says he didn't throw games but he also says Gandil came to him before the series and asked him to take $5000 to participate. Jackson thought about it and asked for $20000. When he only got the $5000 he threatened to blackmail Gandil, et. al. His defense was: "You know, I didn't all the money that was promised me." Regardless of how he played, he was guilty of conspiracy which is what he was thrown out of baseball for.

[@TheBatugan77]

Guilty!

[@garymorris1856]

Jackosn did accept money to throw the 1919 World Series, and this is absolutely documented.

[@jonathanmouton1457]

You don’t know the real facts. A hole

[@jefflewis4]

Yes, in his 1914 civil trial they produced bank records proving his wife deposited the $5,000 he received to throw the series.

[@perryegolson833]

You mean 1941?

[@garymorris1856]

@@jefflewis4 As I am sure you know, there are many who dispute his involvement, and cite his batting average, but in the games that were fixed, he did not hit well, and his defensive play was said to be suspect.

[@garymorris1856]

@@jefflewis4 I don't understand, 1914?