Banned by MLB, 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson has Hall of Fame-like shrine where he died
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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Nearly 68 years ago, one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history died of a heart attack in the bedroom of his modest, one-story brick house. «Greenville is a weeping city today,» sports columnist Carter «Banned by MLB, 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson has Hall of Fame-like shrine where he died
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Nearly 68 years ago, one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history died of a heart attack in the bedroom of his modest, one-story brick house. «Greenville is a weeping city today,» sports columnist Carter «Scoop» Latimer wrote Dec. 7, 1951, two days after the death of hometown standout “Shoeless Joe” Jackson. «The hearts of thousands in this Southern industrial metropolis throb in sorrow … And the sports world generally mourns the passing of the renowned and respected former major league baseball star.» A soft-spoken man with piercing blue eyes, Jackson played his last major league game in 1920. After a 13-year career with the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Naps and Chicago White Sox, he retired with a .356 batting average, third best of all time. Despite his on-field achievements, Jackson isn’t immortalized in the Baseball Hall of Fame, which will induct the Class of 2019 on Sunday. Instead, the star outfielder -- banished from the game for his supposed involvement in t Read more