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Posted By: tbob

Joe deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, but Joe took the money and in doing so conspired to throw the World Series. He was an ignorant country boy who had no idea what he was doing could result in a lifetime ban or even to be thrown out of baseball for a year. Speaker, Chase, even Cobb, and untold others bet on and threw games, Joe just happened to do it when the spotlight of the world was on him, during the WS.
Buck Weaver, on the other hand, never took a dime, never agreed to conspire to throw the Series, had a great Series. His is the real tragedy of this all, not Joe...