Poor Buck Weaver - Hunt Auctions Content

[packs]

In for a penny in for a dollar. Still don't know why people defend the guy. Whether he played well or not, the issue is whether or not he took money and knew the fix was on.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by packs

In for a penny in for a dollar. Still don't know why people defend the guy. Whether he played well or not, the issue is whether or not he took money and knew the fix was on.

He knew the fix was on, but took no money. It is beyond belief to say that no other players on the team besides the 8 accused knew that the fix was on. You think Ray Schalk didn't know the games were being fixed? Also I'm not so sure any player of the day would have notified authorities of a fixed game...Don't think they had a witness protection plan in 1919. Game fixing was not rare in those days...tattling on game fixers was very rare and I'm sure there was a reason for that.

[barrysloate]

Rob- if he were a centurion the book would have been called "One Hundred Men Out."

[GrayGhost]

Pitiful that Hunts would describe him that way. I guess the books/articles/movies Ive seen claiming Chick Gandil as the organizer of the scandal are all liers, and mighty Hunts is right? Umm, just like someone paying 3x what they should for a picture from a big auction, instead of a small one, the name doesnt always make it better or right.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Pitiful that Hunts would describe him that way. I guess the books/articles/movies Ive seen claiming Chick Gandil as the organizer of the scandal are all liers, and mighty Hunts is right? Umm, just like someone paying 3x what they should for a picture from a big auction, instead of a small one, the name doesnt always make it better or right.

I'm fairly certain there is no bad intent from Hunt's here....Just sloppiness...whoever wrote the description probably did no homework, but just went by their own faulty memory when writing up the description. Hunt Auctions has nothing to gain by making a false claim against Weaver.

[101SOX19]

I am sure this was an honest mistake on Hunt's part. I would not be surprised at all for them to make a revision to the description online. I had a question on a lot in the last auction which caused them to make an additional comment to the lot online.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by 101SOX19

I am sure this was an honest mistake on Hunt's part. I would not be surprised at all for them to make a revision to the description online. I had a question on a lot in the last auction which caused them to make an additional comment to the lot online.

I've notified Hunt's in the past of mistakes in their descriptions and they've always corrected them...I didn't even notify them of this one as it's just too silly that I doubt anyone bidding on this photo doesn't know their BlackSox history.