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God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.
I handled 30 balls in the outfield and never made an error or allowed a man to take an extra base.
This is the Truth! (1949)
If I had been the kind of fellow who brooded when things went wrong, I probably would have gone out of my mind when Judge Landis ruled me out of baseball.
This is the Truth! (1949)
I guess right here is a good place for me to get the record straight on how I got to be "Shoeless Joe."
This is the Truth! (1949)
I was found innocent, and I was still banned for life.
This is the Truth! (1949)
"I'll make a deal with you," I told him. "If I hit .400 you give me $10,000. If I don't, you don't give me a cent."
This is the Truth! (1949)
I went out and played my heart out against Cincinnati. I set a record that stills stands for the most hits in a Series, though it has been tied, I think.
This is the Truth! (1949)
I was responsible only for Joe Jackson. I positively can't say that I recall anything out of the way in the Series. I mean, anything that might have turned the tide.
This is the Truth! (1949)
I have read now and then that I am one of the most tragic figures in baseball. Well, maybe that's the way some people look at it, but I don't quite see it that way myself.
This is the Truth! (1949)
They say I was the greatest natural hitter of all time. Well that's saying a lot with hitters like Wagner, Cobb, Speaker and Ruth around. I had good eyes and I guess that was the reason I hit as well as I did. I still don't use glasses today.
This is the Truth! (1949)
Old Joe remembers "a spraddle-legged hitter who looked good" whom Joe taught to change his tactics to pivot hitting. "He's the only fellow I ever tried to convert to the style who jumped onto the ideas in a minute. He was a young fellow named Babe Ruth who wanted to learn."
I guess the biggest joke of all was that story that got out about "Say it ain't so, Joe." Charley Owens of the Chicago Daily News was responsible for that, but there wasn't a bit of truth in it.
This is the Truth! (1949)