Baseball by the Book

Episode 220: "Shoeless"

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One hundred years ago today, the infamous 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds began. Author David Fleitz joins us to discuss his biography of Shoeless Joe Jackson, the man who has become the focal point of the Black Sox scandal in the public imagination.

Featured song: "I'm a Man," Joe Jackson.

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