dooley_womack1
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Oh, he was was a degenerate horseplayer. But the Hall issue deserves better than extrapolation without proof
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dooley_womack1 said:That restaurant serves kids, right?
dooley_womack1 said:Oh, he was was a degenerate horseplayer. But the Hall issue deserves better than extrapolation without proof
BTExpress said:Pitchers hold the power, and with Cicotte and Williams, the gamblers held the aces.
Both pitchers were reluctant participants. And much of it was just following along. "Well, if Eddie's in, then I guess I am. What? You got Jackson? . . . "
The pitchers were also told they would get help and would not have to look bad. Take away that help from the hitters and fielders, and they likely buckle.
And if Jackson simply tells the Gleason, "You gotta stop this!" Cicotte never touches the ball.
Joe Williams said:Come to think of it, this idea of letting Jackson and Rose into the Hall after they're dead is an insult to someone like Ron Santo, who waited till he was dead without ever gambling on baseball.
BTExpress said:Both pitchers were reluctant participants. And much of it was just following along. "Well, if Eddie's in, then I guess I am. What? You got Jackson? . . . "
buckweaver said:BTExpress said:Both pitchers were reluctant participants. And much of it was just following along. "Well, if Eddie's in, then I guess I am. What? You got Jackson? . . . "
There is some evidence that Cicotte was an instigator of the fix, not a "reluctant" participant.
There is zero evidence to say whether Williams was "reluctant" or not. There is Eliot Asinof's word, fifty years after the fact, based on his interpretations of incomplete newspaper reports and one group interview with the uncredible Abe Attell.
Starman said:On Joe Jackson:
1) He signed a confession.
2) There is some evidence he dogged it in the field (i.e. slow-jogging after fly balls, throwing to wrong base, etc) allowing Cincinnati to score several key runs
3) There is also evidence that his hitting mainly occurred when the games were out of hand (either way)
4) The main defenses for Jackson seem to fall into two categories, a: he was too stupid to even understand what the gamblers were proposing, or b: he agreed to the fix at first and then when he didn't get all the money he was promised, decided to try to fork the gamblers over instead.