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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

Most of us have seen the move Eight Men out and Field of Dreams. In both instances, Shoeless Joe was portrayed as a pretty good fellow, naive but a good guy non the less. That's the character I think of when Shoeless Joe is mentioned. He may have been just the opposite, but I have not heard otherwise. So to me Joe was a good guy who did a dumb thing and he paid for it.

Barry is an egotistacal jerk and he plays for the Giants. I despise him for that, not because he took steroids but if others want to use that excuse to kick him around some then so be it. I actually used to like Barry a lot when he played in Pittsburgh. I still like Mark McGwire. I hate the fact that he broke a sacred record using tainted methods but I still think he's a good guy. He gets a pass, Shoeless Joe gets a pass. Barry gets no pass, he wants no pass and deserves no pass.

OT: My son, who plays coach-pitch, couldn't find his shoes the other day as we were getting ready to go to a game. I called him Shoe-less Joe Jackson (his name is Jackson), he didn't appreciate the nickname, but it stuck. My Shoeless Joe Jackson plays SS and Circle (pitching area) and hits lead off. He doesn't know how good he is and I hope he never finds out!

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