He explains that he was innocent by giving us his batting average for the world series which was above a .400 which is really good and by having little to no errors in the entire series. If he were trying to throw the World Series with both of those he wouldn't have been doing a very good job. Everyone thought he had something to do with this scandal because he didn't really try to get back into the MLB. The reason for that is because he didn't care for going back to the Major leagues is because he already owned business in savannah georgia and later on