Three pieces of rare Chicago sports memorabilia, including a signature from Shoeless Joe Jackson and a Michael Jordan ...

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A baseball signed by Greenville baseball great “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is one of the premier items of a summer auction.

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According to Britannica, Shoeless Joe Jackson "was an American professional baseball player, by many accounts one of the greatest, who was ultimately banned from the game because of his ...

Did Shoeless Joe Jackson help throw the 1919 World Series, or was he unjustly punished? “God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times, and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise ...

CHICAGO — “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was a tragic real-life figure from over a century ago whose legend grew in time thanks to the fictional ghost of Shoeless Joe played by actor Ray Liotta in ...

Shoeless Joe and other Chicago White Sox players were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series in what was referred to as the Black Sox Scandal. Jackson and seven others were accused of a plot to ...

"Shoeless Joe" Jackson, who played his last game in 1920, batted .356 for his career. Right: Shown with Hall of Famers Ty Cobb (left) and Sam Crawford, Jackson was among the greatest stars of his era.

Then there’s Shoeless Joe. While there are conflicting accounts as to what he acknowledged, Wallach concedes that Jackson accepted $5,000 from the gamblers and was fully aware of the scheme.

It is now known that Shoeless Joe Jackson refused the $5,000 bribe on two separate occasions. Additionally, Joe Jackson attempted to inform Charles Comiskey, the owner of the White Sox, about the fix.

However, the debarment of Jackson for his “involvement” in the fix remains a controversial topic. It is now well-known that Shoeless Joe (photo) refused the $5,000 bribe on two occasions.