[Vigilanteman]

Glanville makes a pretty convincing argument here. Standards matter. Cheating ought to have consequences even if the specific form of cheating wasn't specifically forbidden.

Buck Weaver, star 3rd basemen for the 1919 Chicago White Sox, never took a nickel to throw a World Series game. But he got the same penalty as the other seven who did because he sat on the information. Eddie Cicotte took only the $5000 which Owner Charles Comiskey promised him and cheated him out of, but he suffered the same penalty as the players who took all the bribe.

[Reily]

I don’t think there was any evidence Shoeless Joe took the bribe (and I don’t remeber reading about him confessing anyhting on it ! Maybe he did !) His Series performance certainly didn;t look like he was throwing the game.

I think he also is accused of sitting on the information.