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FACTS: Shoeless Joe batted over .300 in all of his 11 full major league seasons. His .356 lifetime batting average is third-highest in major league baseball history. In 1911 he hit a fantastic .408 of what was essentially his rookie season, setting a rookie record that still stands greater than a hundred years later. Ironically, Ty Cobb hit .420 that season, denying Joe the league batting title. Despite his .356 lifetime average, Jackson never won a league batting crown. On April 20, 1912, Joe scored the initial run in Tiger Stadium history. Jackson won his only World Series championship using the White Sox in 1917. Makeup, manicuring, eye brow waxing and plucking, tanning, women's high heel sandals, teeth correction and highlighting-- we have been talking about preparing for a wedding, right? No, we are referring to preparing a kid for any beauty pageant. You heard it right. They put false teeth in if a young child loses your baby tooth before a competition; they highlight their hair and wax their eyebrows. Worse yet, they defend it. The event takes place in English Bay at 10:00 PDT on four nights, beginning on the Wednesday and ending on a Saturday, on the two week period during July and August. Each of the four performances have no less than a three-day separation for preparation for an additional competitor. Three companies representing their countries perform a twenty-five minute firework display set to music. A grand finale is performed on the last day by each of the competitors.