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From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor)
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Subject: Re: Shoeless Joe Jackson
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Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 19:36:30 EST
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> I think that Shoeless Joe Jackson should be included in the Hall of Fame.
> Second, a recent inductee (is that the right word) to the Hall of Fame
> has been accused of racism for his outrageous
> treatment of Jackie Robinson in 1947, including attempting deliberately
> to spike and seriously wound Robinson.  That didn't keep him out.
> 
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Sorry, but throwing the World Series is a bit different than being
a racist.  If they banned racists from the Hall of Fame, many of the
founding fathers and early superstars (Anson and Cobb, to name just
2) wouldn`t be in there.  Jackson was an naive southerner, and
though a tremendous player, got involved with something he should
have known was wrong, and I can`t support his induction.

By the by, for a GREAT book on the 1919 Black Sox, I strongly
recommened "Eight Men Out".  I`ve read it 3 times, and still
pick up little details and get very involvled with the book.

Tom O`Connor