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Joe Jackson´s "Black Betsy" game used bat from Jackson estate

11-29-2005

"Shoeless Joe Jackson" Joseph Jefferson Jackson was the eldest of George and Martha Jackson's eight children. As a child Joe worked alongside his father in a textile mill in Brandon Mill, S.C. devoting little time to school. Outside of the mill his interests centered on the game of baseball, and by 13 Joe was starring on the mill's baseball team.

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