In 1919, The Chicago White Sox accepted a bribe from the Mafia to throw the World Series. For the past 80 years, debates have continued over whether Shoeless Joe Jackson, the star of that 1919 World Series team, should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This question has plagued Major League Baseball again recently, as they grapple over whether his possible involvement in the scandal should prevent one of baseball's legends from attaining Hall of Fame immortalization.

Question of the Week: Should Shoeless Joe Jackson be inducted into the Hall of Fame? Here's what some Massapequa residents had to say when queried:

"He was a great player, and he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. He made a mistake, but just 'cause he made a mistake, you can't take away that he was a great baseball player," said Joe Eddings, 21.

"A lot of people don't believe he did it. A lot of people say he was the scapegoat...and it's been too long. It was 1919. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame...he was a great player," said Chris Kelly, 21.

"I think he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame because if he was willing to take gambling to the extreme that he did and throw a game, then his heart was not obviously all in baseball, and the people who are in the Hall of Fame do have all their heart in baseball," said Heather Cullinan, 20.

"He was a great player; he did great for the game of baseball. He brought crowds into the stadium, he brought fans into the game...he did what he did for his time. He got caught in a scandal that he was coerced into, but he still drew people in and made fans out of people that wouldn't have been fans," said Mike McNamara, 21.

"Shoeless Joe Jackson should be in the Hall of Fame because he really didn't throw the World Series...I think it was 1919 or whenever. Plus, he was a really hard core character in The Fields of Dreams, and just for that movie itself, even if he sucked, he should be in the Hall of Fame...but I think he was really a hard core player," said Adam Glatzer, 21.