Why'd they call him Shoeless Joe?

2 seconds sound clip from the Field of Dreams (1989) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:16.965 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I want to build that field. Do you think I'm crazy?

- Yes.

- But I also think if you really feel you should do this, then you should do it.

- What the hell is he doing? He's plowing under his corn.

- Why?

- Ty Cobb called him the greatest left fielder of all time. He said his glove was the place where triples go to die.

- Could he hit?

- Could he hit? Lifetime average, 356, third highest in history.

- Why'd they call him Shoeless Joe?

- When he was still in the minors, he bought a new pair of spikes and hurt his feet. In the sixth inning, he took them off and played the rest of the game in just his socks. The other players kidded him, called him Shoeless Joe, and the name stuck.

- He's going to lose his farm.

- Damned fool.

- Then in 1919, his team, the Chicago White Sox, they threw the World Series.

- What's threw?

- It means they lost it on purpose. Gamblers paid them to. Except Shoeless Joe.

- Now he did take their money, but nobody could ever proved he did a single thing to lose those games.

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