Carolina Quotes
I gave baseball my best and if the game didn’t care enough to see me get a square deal, then I wouldn’t go out of my way to get back in it. Baseball failed to keep faith with me.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Carolinian
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"This Is the Truth!", as told to Furman Bisher, SPORT magazine, October 1949
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“I gave baseball my best and if the game didn’t care enough t…” Shoeless Joe Jackson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-09A4D13DD1. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/09a4d13dd1
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