... And Justice For All.(efforts to clear deceased baseball player Joe Jackson of charges in alleged fixing of 1919 World Series)

Joe Jackson supporters fight to get his lifetime ban from baseball lifted

Despite his batting stats in the 1919 World Series, facts remain unclear whether White Sox outfielder participated in Series fix on the field

THE SODA SHOP SITS NEAR THE END a long, tree-lined road here in Greenville, South Carolina, a growing Southern town that chases sophistication while still cherishing its pockets of an Americana long since forgotten. An old-fashioned countertop with bar stools faces walls lined with six-packs of Nehi and old-fashioned Pepsi bottles. A vintage 1940s Coca-Cola icebox sits on a counter not far from an antique sign reading. "Spitting on floor or walls prohibited."

The aroma of sizzling hamburger and creamy ice cream fills the air. The Soda Shop harkens back to a time when all summer days were lazy, not just this one Saturday not long ago. It was when a baseball game could be found on every block and a friend could be found at every soda fountain.

At one time, Greenville had many places such as the Soda Shop. That was before integration, when owners would rather close their business than expand clientele. Yet, the Soda Shop has hung tough since 1947. Today it has two claims to fame: arguably the greatest cherry milk shake on planet Earth, and it existed during the days of its proudest citizen, one Shoeless Joe Jackson.

At a Formica-covered table near an ancient wall ad reading, "Shoeless Joe Jackson wears Selz Shoes," Jackson's former paperboy dug into a sandwich. John Burgess, 59, is well into his third decade defending a man who has been dead for nearly half a century. A stack of documents, newspaper clips and flyers stood by Burgess' fork--more than 30 years of battling history.

Jackson, banned from baseball a year after the century's greatest sports scandal in 1919 may some day be reinstated and elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Three decades of work haven't tired Burgess. He is hoping to see a finish line to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.