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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
You wonder if he'd just been just Joe Jackson, and not Shoeless Joe Jackson, if he would have been quite so wildly popular in the hobby. I don't want to say he's overrated, but on the other hand,for whatever reason Heilmann never seems to have captured anyone's imagination.
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With a nickname of "Fully Outfitted", Harry "Fully Outfitted" Heilmann never had a chance against "Barefooted" Joe Jackson when it came to popularity.
Brian (not Harry's nickname, and I believe Joe Jackson might have been wearing socks in that one game that ended up making him "Shoeless")