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Jackson, Joein full Joseph Jefferson Jackson known as Shoeless Joe Jackson(born July 16, 1888, Greenville, S.C., U.S.—died Dec. 6, 1951, Greenville) U.S. baseball player. Jackson started his career in 1908 and became an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox. An outstanding hitter, his career batting average of .356 is the third-highest (after Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby) in baseball history. Jackson was involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal; though acquitted in 1921, he was banned from baseball for life by baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Along with being a founding member and second president of the Music Forum in Jackson, Joe has served MMTA as secretary, pre-college chair, vice president and president, and also has been awarded the International Institute of Young Musicians' Outstanding Teacher plaque. The film's voice cast also features Mandy Moore, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Rosenbaum, Snoop Dogg and Fred Dalton Thompson. Jack Clark lands the Dodgers' hitting coach job, obviously because Bobby Thompson, Reggie Jackson, Joe Morgan and Ozzie Smith were unavailable. |
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