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Kelly Boyer Sagert

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:06:21 +0000

Writer/Editor Kelly Boyer Sagert is the author of the 2004 biography "Baseball’s All-Time Greatest Hitters: Joe Jackson." Sagert has appeared on ESPN2's “The Top Five Reasons You Can’t Blame the Black Sox,” and has spoken at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Murray Silver, Writer

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:02:52 +0000

Murray Silver is the author of the international best seller Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis. His 2002 book, Behind the Moss Curtain, is a collection of true short stories about Savannah, Georgia, and includes a section on Jackson’s time in Savannah before and after his banishment from organized baseball.

Maggi Hall, Jackson’s Niece

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:37 +0000

Jackson's niece Maggi Hall never saw Joe Jackson play baseball. She simply knew him as "Uncle Joe." Maggi's childhood memories of her Aunt Kate and Uncle Joe offered rare insight into Joe Jackson the man.

Joe Thompson, Jackson Family Friend

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:59:21 +0000

Joe Thompson (1933-2008), was the son of noted Greenville, South Carolina sports reporter Jimmie Thompson and author of Growing Up With Shoeless Joe. As a boy, Thompson learned the fundamentals of baseball from the former big leaguer and continued the effort to clear Joe Jackson's name up until his death in 2008.

Daniel A. Nathan, Historian

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:58:09 +0000

Daniel A. Nathan is a Professor of American Studies at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. His book, Saying It’s So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal (2003), is an interdisciplinary study of the politics of cultural representation, history, and popular culture surrounding the 1919 World Series.

David Fleitz, Biographer

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:57:15 +0000

Writer David Fleitz has focused on some of the more obscure, but nevertheless important, figures in baseball history. He is the author of Louis Sockalexis: The First Cleveland Indian (2002), Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson (2003), and Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown: Sixteen Forgotten Members of the Hall of Fame (2004).

Mike Nola, Jackson Historian

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:40:32 +0000

For over two decades, Mike Nola has been pursuing the, at-times, elusive history of Shoeless Joe Jackson. His curiosity was first piqued by stories from his father, who saw Jackson play in person in semipro or "Outlaw Leagues" in southern Georgia in the 1920's.

And we’re off…

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:45:20 +0000

After many delays we’re up and running on Black Sox TV. A couple of technical snafus and some other hangups prevented us from launching last week. Thanks for your patience and WELCOME!

Joe Jackson - Description & Trailer

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:17:29 +0000

He was called "the greatest natural hitter" the game had ever seen, and his life has been the basis for as much myth as it has fact. But what role did he really play in the infamous Black Sox scandal?