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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.
He was one of eight players permanently ineligible for professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal in the 1919 World Series, in which the favored White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games. [3] The "fixing" of the 1919 World Series is the only recognized gambling scandal to tarnish a World Series. [4]
The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name "Black Sox" also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that era. Eight members of the Chicago franchise were banned from baseball for throwing (intentionally losing) games.
The final chapter of baseball's biggest scandal closed in a Milwaukee courtroom 100 years ago this month. One of the game's biggest stars, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, sued the Chicago White Sox ...
One hundred years ago, eight Chicago White Sox players schemed to throw the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, tainting the Reds' title.
There is a great deal of evidence both for and against Rothstein being involved in the 1919 World Series fix. [6] In 1919, Rothstein's agents allegedly paid members of the Chicago White Sox to throw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. He bet against them and made a large profit in what was called the "Black Sox Scandal". [7]
The fact that the question of throwing the Series was even raised suggests the level of public consciousness of gamblers' potential influence on the game. Then, just a year ahead of the infamous Black Sox scandal, there were rumors of World Series fixing by members of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lost the 1918 Series in a sparsely-attended affair ...
One of the notorious marks on major league baseball, the 1919 World Series between the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, gets an examination by the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation ...