Shoeless Joe Jackson (Joseph Jefferson Jackson) appeared in Rays baseball field, out of no where, from the tall corn grass. ... Legend has it that shoeless Joe Jackson and seven other players where banned from the game after being found guilty of loosing the World Series on purpose for money. But all who hear this story are shocked that Joe could have been in the famous Black Sox scandal simply because he had the highest batting average in the series and belted the series only homerun. ... However, one night, when he and his daughter Karin where watching one of the daily baseball games that Sh...

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The crowd cheers, "Shoeless!" ... Once you reach the dugout your coach Kid Gleason yells, "Shoeless, get up to bat." ... "Up to bat Shoeless Joe Jackson," the announcer enthusiastically whoops. ... Joe had a tough childhood, growing up with almost nothing ("Joe Jackson"). ... Joe had a brutal childhood in South Carolina. ...

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He builds a baseball field for Shoeless Joe Jackson. ... He got to watch Shoeless Joe Jackson play graceful baseball in the field that he built. ... That is where Shoeless Joe Jackson plays his position. ... The book gives a little more history on shoeless Joe Jackson then the movie. ... In the book Ray was just happy that Shoeless Joe showed up to play on his field. ...

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Field of Dreams A voice spoke to Ray Kinsella one day while he was working out in his cornfield. The voice said "If you build it he will come." These words set him off; they began his spiritual journey. If you"re a teacher looking for the perfect movie to show your class, look no further than...

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From the days that young Native Americans looked up to (and pinned their hopes on) decathlete Jim Thorpe, Italian immigrants to Joe DiMaggio, and black women to Olympians Wilma Rudolph and Florence Griffith Joyner and emulated their every move. ...

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