It’s the most notorious scandal in the history of professional baseball. Eight Chicago White Sox players conspired to throw the World Series in 1919. It was an event that ruined the reputations and careers of some of the greatest players of all time, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and broke the heart of a nation. As the favored White Sox lost the series, word got out that the once-noble game of baseball had been compromised. At trial, the players were found not guilty – but they were later banned from professional baseball for life. The Black Sox Scandal is a story that forever changed America’s pastime.
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