The 1919 Black Sox Scandal, Illinois. Dan Helpingstine

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ISBN: 9781467103763 | 128 pages | 4 Mb

The 1919 Black Sox Scandal, Illinois
Dan Helpingstine
Page: 128
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ISBN: 9781467103763
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC

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All kinds of spurious rumors had swirled around the 1919 World Series. Allegations about a fixed game between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies on August 31, 1920, began a chain of events that led to a grand jury indicting eight White Sox players for conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds the year before. Outside the courtroom, Shoeless Joe Jackson, just coming off his best overall offensive season with .382 average, was reportedly confronted by a young fan pleading for a denial from his hero. Jackson would later deny the encounter ever occurred and also deny any guilt in the World Series fix. In the almost 100 years since eight White Sox players were banned for life, there has been little historical closure due to a fleeting consensus on a scandal that almost took down Major League Baseball.

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