Howdy.
As most baseball fans know, this year is the 108th anniversary of one of the more notable trades in American sports, when the Cleveland Indians traded outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson to the New York Yankees for their first baseman, Hal Chase.
Joe Jackson would go on to have a solid career with the Yankees, becoming a member of their 1923, 1927, and 1928 World Series-winning teams and becoming friends with Babe Ruth (he would hit second behind Ruth in the 1920s); he would serve as a pallbearer at Ruth's funeral and Ruth would write his statement where he retired from baseball following the 1929 season (he was illiterate). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in the late 1930s. His retirement speech was notable for an unknown fan saying "Say it ain't so, Joe!" when he announced his retirement. He would retire and open a number of businesses in South Carolina before his 1951 death.
As for Hal Chase, well, his career would become more infamous. After he left the Indians for the Federal League, he would be signed by the Chicago White Sox following the end of the Federal League, and would be the leader of the players in the infamous Black Sox Seven scandal (named because of the number of players who took part in the scandal) of 1919, which got him and the other players banned from baseball for life. Later in life, he would express remorse for instigating that scandal. He died in 1947 in California.
So, WI the Jackson-Chase trade had never taken place?
For starters, this certainly butterflies away the Indians keeping first baseman "Chick" Gandil (out of a need for a first baseman following Chase's Federal League defection) and to him getting the World Series ring with the Indians in 1920 and reaching the Series in 1921...
As most baseball fans know, this year is the 108th anniversary of one of the more notable trades in American sports, when the Cleveland Indians traded outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson to the New York Yankees for their first baseman, Hal Chase.
Joe Jackson would go on to have a solid career with the Yankees, becoming a member of their 1923, 1927, and 1928 World Series-winning teams and becoming friends with Babe Ruth (he would hit second behind Ruth in the 1920s); he would serve as a pallbearer at Ruth's funeral and Ruth would write his statement where he retired from baseball following the 1929 season (he was illiterate). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in the late 1930s. His retirement speech was notable for an unknown fan saying "Say it ain't so, Joe!" when he announced his retirement. He would retire and open a number of businesses in South Carolina before his 1951 death.
As for Hal Chase, well, his career would become more infamous. After he left the Indians for the Federal League, he would be signed by the Chicago White Sox following the end of the Federal League, and would be the leader of the players in the infamous Black Sox Seven scandal (named because of the number of players who took part in the scandal) of 1919, which got him and the other players banned from baseball for life. Later in life, he would express remorse for instigating that scandal. He died in 1947 in California.
So, WI the Jackson-Chase trade had never taken place?
For starters, this certainly butterflies away the Indians keeping first baseman "Chick" Gandil (out of a need for a first baseman following Chase's Federal League defection) and to him getting the World Series ring with the Indians in 1920 and reaching the Series in 1921...
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