ENG 4AO January 19, 2000 Compare/Contrast Essay Baseball... a true American game and past time that has been part of our lives from the beginning. It has stood the test of time simply because of it’s purity and infinite list of players that have ffostered the game to what it is today. Yet a single blemish remains that took place in 1919 when the World Series was thrown by eight players including Shoeless Joe Jackson. “Shoeless …showed first 75 words of 993 total…

…showed last 75 words of 993 total…was able to bring back to life some of the worlds greatest baseball players of all time. Even though it almost meant giving up his farm he would go to any extent to see that his hero Shoeless Joe had one last chance at the game he loved. Through the support of his family Ray was able to accomplish his dream and had one last chance to see the man he loved dearly, his father.