Is Jackson for real?

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Posted By: dan

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786828763

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Posted By: runscott

too much white between the photo and the black line...private auction. Yawn...another ebay scammer making a living off of idiots.

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Posted By: leon

saw it right when it went up.....fake

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Posted By: John Wojak

Dan - When these cards were reprinted, the black border line around the outer edge was printed thicker than on the originals, and the white space between the black border line and the photo was made wider. More importantly, the photo image was slightly enlarged, resulting in a slight loss of image around the edges of the photo. If you look at an original, there is more space between Jax's hands and the left border than on the reprints (e.g. this card), and there is space between his right foot and the bottom border on the real cards while his right foot touches the bottom border in the reprints. A dead giveaway. Compare the card you flagged to these two originals on ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786565549

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786267241

The differences are obvious once you know what to look for.

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Posted By: Julie

...the most natural man ever to
spiked shoes.
The canniest fielder and the longest hitter,
Who squatted on his heels
In a uniform muddied to the knees,
Till the bleacher shadows grew long behind him.
Who went along with Chick and Buck (sic) and Happy
Because they treated him so friendly-like,
Hardly like Yankees at all.
With Williams because Lefty was from the South too.
And with Risberg because the Swede was such a hard guy.
Who made an X for his name and couldn't argue with
Comiskey's sleepers.
But who could pick a line drive out of the air ten feet
Outside the foul line
And rifle it home from anywhere in the park.

For Shoeless Joe is gone, long gone,
A long yellow grass-blade between his teeth
And the bleacher shadows behind him..."

--Nelson Algren, from "Swede is a hard guy"
(name later changed, but I've forgotton what to)