dialogue in a cornfield about to become a baseball field.

karen: could he hit?

ray: could he hit? lifetime average .356, third highest in history.

karen: why'd the call him shoeless joe?

ray: well, when he was still in the minors, he bought a new pair of spikes, and they hurt his feet. so 'bout 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. the name stuck... then, in 1919, his team the Chicago White Sox - they threw the world series.

karen: what's "threw"?

ray: means they lost it on purpose. gamblers paid them to. except shoeless joe. now he did take their money, but nobody could ever prove he did a single thing to lose those games. i mean, if he's supposed to be throwing, how do you explain the fact that he hit .375 for the series and didn't commit one error, huh?

karen: i can't.

ray: 12 hits, including the series only home run. and they said he's trying to lose?

karen: it's ridiculous.

ray: the commissioner of baseball suspended 8 of the players, including the great shoeless joe jackson, for life.

karen: what's "suspend"?

ray: it means they never let him play the game again.