The Black Sox Scandal: Chicago throws the 1919 World Series
You've probably heard of the Chicago Black Sox scandal, but don't know what it's about. In the 1919 World Series eight players took money from gamblers to fix the Series so that the Cincinnati Reds would win. That act would start the controversy of baseball's now shaky reputation, the end of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's should-be hall of fame career and the "most famous scandal in baseball history (History Files - Chicago Black Sox, p.1)."Baseball was struggling for survival in the pre-Babe Ruth era. Players were promised bonuses but mostly were left with empty wallets (Such is NOT the case today). Baseball needed some new type of flair that would attract America to it, despite it's bad reputation at the time. World War I was already making all the headlines, but the last thing baseball needed was something like this. Once
This is absolutely the "most incredible and darkest event in sports history (Lowitt, Bruce, St. Petersburg Times, p. 1)." No fixing of games of such lofty status has ever been heard of before. It is something that baseball tries to forget back will always be in the back of its mind. What a tragedy to fix the uppermost stage in America's pastime. The start of the scandal happened when pitcher Eddie Cicotte was promised a bonus of 10,000 dollars if he won 30 games. When he reached 29 wins, he was benched. "Player resentment was rampant (Lowitt, Bruce, St. Petersburg Times, p. 1)."The first baseman Chick Gandil recognized the situation and started talking to bookies about fixing the Series. That started the revenge that later led to the involvement of thousands of dollars being given to eight players: pitchers Eddie Cicotte
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