![]() His unforgivable crime? Apparently, he sat in on two meetings with the gamblers and his teammates. 324 in the thrown World Series, which Chicago lost to Cincinnati. You can remember him that way-or, you can remember him as the only member of that team was never accused of taking money or doing anything other than trying his hardest to win the World Series. In Eight Men Out, he was played by John Cusack. Moreover, new Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred supposedly is thinking about reinstating Rose-a recent ESPN report showing that Rose bet on baseball as a player likely isn't helpful-a potential move that mirrors calls for Shoeless Joe to be welcomed back, even though he took the money and nearly killed the sport.īut here's the thing: There's really only one guy who needs to have his name cleared, one guy whose place in the tapestry is all wrong, one guy who deserves a reassessment-not because of rose-tinted nostalgia, but because it's simply the right thing to do. We have books and movies- Field of Dreams, Eight Men Out-that glorify the Black Sox and make a sympathetic character out of Shoeless Joe Jackson, who probably was just as much of a lowlife as Rose. ![]() ![]() Read More: The Forgotten Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Line With Jackie Robinson ![]()
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