Despite the skepticism of his Forsgren Park neighbors, 44-year-old father of two Jack Schulschletzky said he's sure that the shoeless man wearing white baggy clothing and wandering around the park was none other than the ghost of famed baseball player, Joe Jackson.  

"I'm telling you, it was Shoeless Joe Jackson!" exclaimed an emphatic Mr. Schulschletzky. "The guy was about 6 feet tall and was wearing white baggy baseball uniform just like the old-timers, but with no shoes." Mr. Schulschletzky described watching the man walk casually around the construction site of the two baseball fields right as the sun was setting on October 8. "He looked like he was inspecting the work being done", said Schulschletzky. "After about 10 minutes of watching him I decided to get a closer look, but as I made my way over to him he turned, tipped his hat, and kind of disappeared into the woods behind the fields."

Schulschletzky quickly told his family and neighbors what he had just witnessed, but much to his disappointment he found no believers in his tale. "That Shoeless Joe Jackson story is a bunch of hogwash", says Mildred Tenesco, Mr. Schulschletzky's elderly next door neighbor. "It was probably just a poor old golfer with alzheimers who wandered in from the Inglemoor Country Club." A quick survey of the immediate neighbors yielded similar explanations ranging from a baggy-clothed teen trying to establish a new shoeless fashion trend to an escapee from the Bothell Lifecare Center just a half mile up the road. "I know these good folks don't believe me", replies an exasperated Schulschletzky. "They didn't see what I saw. I'm telling you once and for all that this was the ghost of Shoeless Joe looking for his field of dreams at Forsgren Park." A project to revamp the two baseball fields started in August and the county expects the fields to be ready for play by 2010.

When asked if he thought it would be a good idea to plant corn beyond the outfield fences Schulschletzky stuck out his tongue and ran back into his house.