Part of a glut of baseball movies in the late '80s and early '90s, John Sayles' film was less mystical but more truthful exploration of the legend of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson.
Yes, this. The portrayal of Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out is not accurate. Yes, he was an illiterate country bumpkin, but there's lots of evidence that Jackson both knew about the fix and accepted a great deal of money from the fixers.
8 myths about the scandal. https://sabr.org/eight-myths-out
Yes, this. The portrayal of Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out is not accurate. Yes, he was an illiterate country bumpkin, but there's lots of evidence that Jackson both knew about the fix and accepted a great deal of money from the fixers.
https://jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/book-introduction/ This is well researched