What's the full story behind "Shoeless" Joe Jackson? Is it something about his new shoes giving him blisters?

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Legend has it that when Jackson advanced from semipro ball to the minors at the of age 18, he played a minor league game in his stockings because a new pair of spikes had given him blisters on his feet the previous day. Thus the nickname of "Shoeless Joe."

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