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Originally Posted by bbcard1
Shoeless Joe is a romantic character...his omission from the Hall of Fame, much like Pete's, has done more to make him famous than his inclusion would have. Had everyone just vote in him ago, he would have been spoken of in more or less the same way as Cap Anson or Al Simmons are... which is to say not much.
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There is some truth to this, but then again he not only had one of the great nicknames of all time, he hit .356.