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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
Yep, I did some research on this a decade or so ago. He took the money. Hit well below his average in the games that were agreed to be fixed. He was guilty.
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I had to take an 'interdisciplinary studies' class as a graduation requirement in college and they had a sports literature class I took.
Obviously we read 8 Men Out and we had to write a paper on it. My paper was essentially exploring the "Shoeless Joe was Wrongfully Accused" angle because it was picking up steam at that time.
It wasn't much of a paper; no sort of hard-hitting novel or anything. Simple little 3 pager but I really was certain when it was done that he was in on the fix. And honestly, I'm not sure how anyone wouldn't be at this point.