... for money. That is how Joseph Jefferson Jackson felt during the 1919 World Series. He could see all the hard work that he had done since he was born in Pickens County, SC in 1887 was being corrupted by the power of money influencing his other teammates (Eight Men Out). He had no education and came from a poverty-stricken farming family, yet he became a professional ... baseball player that made it twice to the World Series. Joe had a tough childhood, growing up with almost nothing ("Joe Jackson"). Despite this ... shot at professional ball. He went to the Greenville Spinners and gave u...

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... ball. Since he did not have a job he was able to perfect his skills and was soon ranked as the best player in the league ("Joe Jackson"). This was the beginning of his baseball career and setting the foundation to reach for the height of baseballs glory, the Hall of Fame. While playing for the Spinners he acquired the name "Shoeless Joe." Jackson said that a new pair of shoes that he had ... very hard. He only received five thousand of the twenty and tried to return it, but Swede would not take it back (Asinof). Jackson might of took the money from the gamblers but I think that he just ...

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