Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded

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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot

In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favored, Chicago lost the Series five games to three. Although rumors of a fix flew while the series was being played, they were largely disregarded by players and the public at large.

The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball [Book]

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Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded

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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot

Boston has been a proud baseball town for over a century. For those lucky enough to have passed through the turnstiles of Braves Field, the Boston Braves will forever live in the corridors of their collective memory. Baseball legend Babe Ruth finished his career on the historic diamond at Braves Field, while Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews was just getting started. When the franchise moved the team to Milwaukee in 1953, the Boston Braves helped usher in the modern age of Major League Baseball.

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