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Baseball has had its share of problems with substance abuse from the inception. Prior to the 1970s, there were countless individual problems with alcohol abuse, but as alcohol was a legal substance during most of that time (except for the Prohibition era), alcohol was typically seen as a character weakness on the part of individuals. Public ...
1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1984 Braves–Padres bean brawl; 1994 Cleveland Indians corked bat incident; 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase; 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation; 2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan; 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 2011–12 Los Angeles Dodgers ...
In the intervening years since the ban, with every new commissioner and every new baseball scandal, Rose attempted to plead, argue and cajole his way back into baseball, with the ultimate goal of ...
The eight "Chicago Black Sox" The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB) in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for payment from a gambling syndicate, possibly led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.
Sports can be a source of joy that brings people together, but it is not free from controversy. Here is a look at the biggest sports scandals of all-time. 20 biggest sports scandals of all time
Here is a look at the 20 biggest scandals in the history of sports, and while this counts down, they are in no particular order because we're trying to determine which awful scandal is more ...
The sanctions against the Astros were the most severe that MLB has ever issued against a member club, [3] and are among the most severe sanctions for in-game misconduct in baseball history. [4] MLB levied the maximum $5 million fine on the Astros and stripped them of their first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts.
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss the latest gambling scandal in MLB, the Dodgers-Pirates game from Tuesday night, Rhys Hoskins' return to Philadelphia, Gerrit Cole making a rehab start and ...