Sad Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson – – Who Belongs In the Baseball Hall of Fame

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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 Remains a Scapegoat

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by Harvey Frommer - November 15, 2018November 15, 20180

With the recent announcement of a new class of inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the skeletons in the closet come front and center once again. Pete Rose and and "Shoeless Joe" are becoming baseball's odd couple - both ineligible for the Hall of Fame because of a lifetime ban,

Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball

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by Harvey Frommer - October 13, 20180

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 years old, he worked as a cleanup boy in the cotton mills. By age 13, he labored amidst the din

SHOELESS JOE AND RAGTIME BASEBALL – – Introduction to 2016 Edition

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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