Sad Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson – – Who Belongs In the Baseball Hall of Fame Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - April 20, 20190 This year of 2019 is the 100thanniversary of the “Black Sox” scandal. This article comes from the Frommer vault On July 16, 1889, Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson was born into a poor family in Greenville, South Carolina. He never learned to read or write. By the time he was six
SHOELESS JOE AND RAGTIME BASEBALL – – Introduction to 2016 Edition Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - September 8, 2016September 8, 20160 It is just very satisfying to see one of my favorite baseball books back in print this year of 2016. Originally published in 1992, it has now gone thru several lives. As the author of Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, I keep getting letters and e-mails from all over the world