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Bookmark or Share- SABR Century: 1921 Black Sox Trial - Society for American Baseball ResearchThe Black Sox trial — baseball’s Trial of the Century — took place 100 years ago in 1921. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox, along with some of the gamblers who bribed them, were charged with conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series, which the heavily favored Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds.
- Forget What You Know About the Black Sox ScandalOct. 9, 2019. A century ago this week, eight players from the Chicago White Sox conspired with professional gamblers to rig the outcome of the World Series, enabling the underdog Cincinnati Reds...
- Black Sox Scandal - WikipediaThe Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds on purpose in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.
- What Was the 1919 'Black Sox' Baseball Scandal? | HISTORYThe Black Sox Scandal. In 1919, when baseball players couldn't strike, Major League Baseball saw one of its greatest scandals. Eight Chicago White Sox, self-dubbed "Black Sox" due to...
- A cold case, not a closed case: The baseball obsessives correcting the ...The Black Sox Scandal is his obsession, and obsessions lead you down odd roads. Sometimes you wind up with a certified copy of a total stranger’s death certificate. (Courtesy of Jacob Pomrenke)...
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