Fall from grace
Subtitle: the truth and tragedy of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
By: Tim Hornbaker
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781613219133
Subjects: Baseball players; Biography
Other titles: Truth and tragedy of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
Description: Considered by Ty Cobb as "the finest natural hitter in the history of the game," "Shoeless Joe" Jackson is ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. With a career .356 batting average, still ranked third all-time, the man from Pickens County, South Carolina, was on his way to becoming one of the greatest players in the sport's history. That is until the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, which shook baseball to its core. While many have sympathized with Jackson's ban from baseball (even though he hit .375 during the 1919 World Series), not much is truly known about this quiet slugger. Whether he participated in the throwing of the World Series or not, he is still considered one of the game's best, and many have fought for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This book includes Jackson's personal point of view of the "Black Sox" scandal, which has never been covered before.--From page 2 of book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Shoeless Joe"; title: Bound for the big show; title: "That guy ain't human"; title: The perennial runner-up; title: Baseball's scandalous thespian; title: The $65,000 man; title: The Jackson of old; title: World Series and World War; title: From ballyards to shipyards; title: Chicago's house of cards; title: The birth of the "Black Sox"; title: The conspiracy unfolds; title: Exposed and shamed; title: Banishment; title: "The answer to a gambler's prayer."