Countdown: Its Bisher unplugged everybody, duck! Oct 13, 2009
Yes, he really interviewed Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson ... Also a big thanks for the Shoeless Joe Jackson story link. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
His final 'selah' Oct 13, 2009
We pulled off to visit, and on the gift shop wall was a copy of the interview with Shoeless Joe Jackson conducted by our own Furman Bisher. Your reach far exceded the Atlanta environs, Mr. Bisher. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Legendary writer retires Oct 13, 2009
I always enjoyed sitting in the dugout with him and asking him about Ty Cobb or Shoeless Joe Jackson, people I had only heard about, but he knew, said Braves manager Bobby Cox, who faces a retirement of his own after next season. Bisher got stock tips from Cobb and, when working in North Carolina, snagged the only interview with that tragic Black Sox figure, Shoeless Joe. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Baines trails Thome in Sox All-Time 9 Sep 16, 2009
The Official Site of the Chicago White Sox. Thomas builds commanding lead at first base. (MLB.com -- Chi White Sox White Sox)
Zimmerman best in state at hitting streaks Aug 30, 2009
And if you're one for inter-Carolinas rivalry, Zimmerman also beats South Carolina's longest streak, which is 28 games by the banned-for-life Shoeless Joe Jackson. In major league history, about one in every 45 major leaguers was born in North Carolina, yet Tar Heel natives account for only two of the 206 hitting streaks of 25 games or longer in major league history. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Sorry Pete, no do-overs for gamblers Aug 26, 2009
Baseball has stood unrelentingly against any posthumous re-accommodation of Shoeless Joe Jackson for 90 years in the face of uncertain evidence against him and the role he played in the Black Sox scandal. The evidence against Rose is uncompromising and unquestionably incriminating. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Note to Bud: Shoeless Joe is worthy of Hall of Fame Aug 2, 2009
Later, there was a report that Commissioner Selig was into his waffling act again, at which point I might suggest that while hes waffling, he might reconsider the case of the most controversial victim of a commissioners sword, Shoeless Joe Jackson ... So just as surely as Roses case may come to rest on Bud Seligs desk, you can be certain that the Shoeless Joe Jackson campaign will rise again, and this time with surely as much, or better, a chance than Roses. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Hank, heres a start: Ramirez, Ortiz exposed Jul 31, 2009
5) On that note - reinstate Shoeless Joe Jackson to baseball s good graces, recommend his induction to Cooperstown by the Old Farts Committee. 6) (Pause for effect) 7) Forgiveness should also be given to those players that deserve by means of their contribution to the game - and reinstate Pete Rose. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Celizic: Old-timers are being old fools about Rose Jul 30, 2009
That put him in the same category as Eddie Cicotte and Shoeless Joe Jackson and the rest of the 1919 Black Sox conspirators. None of them have been reinstated. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Fosse reluctantly weighs in on Rose report Jul 28, 2009
"I remember before Ted Williams passed away, he [lobbied] for Shoeless Joe Jackson to be reinstated. It's a forgiving country. But you know going in that if you bet on the game, you're done. It's that simple.". Jackson, a legendary talent, was one of eight players associated with the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, in which several members of the Jackson's White Sox conspired to throw that year's World Series against the Reds. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
Of golden arms and Silly String: Cooperstown diary from Ben Rachman Jul 10, 2009
I read about Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Cy Young and Ted Williams ... Shoeless Joe Jackson is the saddest story in baseball for me. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Mavs busy; Suns ... not so much Jul 8, 2009
Young: Mavs busy; Suns. Young: Mavs busy; Suns. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Justin Upton outperforming big brother Jun 19, 2009
The entire list of men who have done better at his age or younger comprises nine Hall of Famers, plus Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Hal Trosky, a truly great player who was all but done at 28 because of migraine headaches. In 2014 Upton will be a free agent at 26, and could be the second player ever to sign a $200 million contract. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Giddens students get writing tips from a pro May 20, 2009
Bildner shared his love for the game of baseball, and told what he went through as he created works such as Shoeless Joe Jackson and Black Betsy, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Turkey Bowl and the Sluggers series (formerly known as Barnstormers). Bildner had to learn how to research, how to take criticism from his editor, work with an illustrator and make change after change to his books to make them as close to perfect as he possibly could it took over 20 drafts to get one of his books the way... (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Malibu Mob celebs cheer for Chelios May 15, 2009
D.B. Sweeney,Malibu Mobstarsroot for Red WingsChris Chelios - Arash Markazi - SI.com. Posted: Thursday May 14, 2009 3:22PM; Updated: Thursday May 14, 2009 3:22PM. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
MLB MAILBAG: Red Sox and Rangers should talk catchers Apr 16, 2009
Now that A-Rod and other steroid cheaters, wife beaters and law breakers are still playing major league baseball and some are probably in the Hall of Fame, do you think Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose will finally get in. Or is it Joe Jackson's and Pete Rose's fault for playing in a less sensitive, less forgiving time. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
They built it in Tupelo, but Toyota may not come Mar 27, 2009
The indefinite suspension has left the people of Tupelo feeling a bit like Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella in the movie Field of Dreams, who hears a voice telling him: If you build it, he will come, before putting a baseball diamond in his corn field to lure Shoeless Joe Jackson and the disgraced 1919 White Sox to come play. The sense is not despair or defeat, insisted Mayor Ed Neelly as he proudly drives a visitor around town in the Prius he bought for the city soon after Toyota announced it was... (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Amazon's Kindle To Face Big Lawsuit Mar 18, 2009
To paraphrase Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams," if you build a market, the lawsuits will come. Now that Amazon. (New York Post -- Business)
Steroid scandal rocks baseball to t... Feb 21, 2009
Steroid scandal rocks baseball to the core: Guilty players, greedy owners and fans all deserve some of the blame. Steroid scandal rocks baseball to the core. (Suite101.com)
Juice has sucked the fun out of Hall of Fame voting Feb 12, 2009
Writers never actually passed judgment on the likes of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose. Both have overwhelming Hall numbers, but they've never been on a ballot because they were placed on the "permanently ineligible list" by the commissioner of baseball. (Boston Globe)
Fresno woman's 1869 baseball card brings her $64,073 Feb 11, 2009
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