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1919 World Series - Wikipedia  The 1919 World Series matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against ... The 1919 Chicago White Sox were one of baseball's elite teams. ... of the same players had defeated the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series, ... in 1918, largely as a result of losing their best player, Shoeless Joe Jackson,...
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An Account of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal and 1921 Trial  It was almost unthinkable: players throwing the World Series? ... contract was prohibited from playing baseball on any other professional team. ..... Cicotte said, "I deliberately intercepted a throw from the outfield to the plate which might have cut off a run. .... from Sleepy Burns, stating that the Sox would lose the 1919 Series.
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Eight Men Out - Wikipedia  Eight Men Out is a 1988 sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles. The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox scandal, ... Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series.
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Black Sox Scandal - Wikipedia  The Black Sox Scandal took place during the play of the 1919 World Series. The Chicago White Sox lost the series to the Cincinnati Reds, and eight White Sox players were later accused of intentionally losing games ... Because of baseball's reserve clause, any player who refused to accept a contract was prohibited from...
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Eight Men Out (1988) - IMDb  Drama  A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox ... White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. ... Eight Men Out -- An adaptation of the 1919 major league baseball scandal ..... The eight players are suspended for life, and Buck Weaver, for the rest of his...
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Black Sox Scandal - Wikipedia  The Black Sox Scandal took place during the play of the 1919 World Series. The Chicago White ... A meeting of White Sox ballplayersincluding those committed to going ahead and ..... Murray Head's 1975 album Say It Ain't So takes its name after an apocryphal question put to Shoeless Joe Jackson during the court case.
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Black Sox Scandal - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com  Jul 24, 2016 ... The Black Sox scandal is the name given to the conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series played between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. A number of players on the Chicago franchise conspired with gamblers to throw (intentionally lose) games in what is the biggest scandal in major league history.
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An Account of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal and 1921 Trial  It was almost unthinkable: players throwing the World Series? ... author of Burying the Black Sox, concluded that "the Sox who took the bribes were not .... The gamblers had sent word that Eddie Cicotte was to either walk or hit the first Reds .... He did, however, commit a serious error of judgment in accepting the money of...
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Lost Sports of the Summer Olympics - The Atlantic  Jul 20, 2012 ... Baseball, tug-of-war, and nine other team medal events that were phased out of ... appearing at only five Games of the first 10 (1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, and 1936). ... showed up to St. Louis to represent Canada in the 1904 Olympics. ... 15 players per team) awarded gold medals once to France, twice to the...
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World Series History | MLB.com  ... MLB.com Line Drive  R.B.I. Baseball 16  MLB Ballpark Empire  MLB.com Franchise MVP  FAQ .... Game, Date, Winning Team, Losing Team ... That made four wins for the Reds, but the 1919 World Series was played under the best-of-nine ... It wasn't until almost a year later that the story of the Series fix became public.
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World Series Overview | MLB.com  TV  Instant Replay  Statcast  MLB Network  #MLBmemorybank  120 Sports  Podcasts  Alternative Audio  Most Popular .... Team, League, Total, Year. New York Yankees, AL, 27, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, ... St. Louis Cardinals, NL, 11, 1926, 1931, 1934 '42, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967,...
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Eight Men Out - Wikipedia  Eight Men Out is a 1988 sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles. The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox scandal, in which six members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to ... In 1919, the Chicago White Sox are considered the greatest team in baseball...
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1903 World Series - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com  Boston Pilgrims ... The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series played, between the ... The Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 games to 3. ... As the players' contracts in the American League ended on September 30, ... With these ground rules set, the stage was ready for what would become...
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1920 World Series - Wikipedia  In the 1920 World Series, the Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, then known interchangeably as the Robins in reference to their manager Wilbert Robinson, in seven games, five games to two. This series was a best-of-nine series, like the first World Series in 1903 and ... Wambsganss, playing second base, caught a line drive off the bat of...
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October 2, 1968 World Series Game 1, Tigers at Cardinals ...  Team Totals, 31, 0, 5, 0, 1, 17, 32 .161 .188 .194 .381, -0.318, 0.66, 0.136, -0.456, -3.4, 24, 7 .... Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 1-2-3 .... D. McLain, -5%, 52%, Fielder's Choice P; Maxvill out at 3B/P-SS; Brock to 1B .... Pat Dobson replaces Tommy Matchick (PH) pitching and batting 9th.
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An Account of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal and 1921 Trial  It was almost unthinkable: players throwing the World Series? ... The players on the Charles Comiskey's 1919 Chicago White Sox team were a fractious lot. .... by American League President Ban Johnson who initially believed the fix's trail led ..... He suggested that Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a federal judge, be appointed to...
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1903 World Series - Wikipedia  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League ... In the series, Boston came back from a three games to one deficit, winning ... in the 1925 World Series, and has happened only ten times in baseball history. ... however, scotched the idea of a championship between the two leagues.
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Bill Buckner shouldn't be blamed for a Red Sox loss in the 1986 ...  Oct 27, 2011 ... Bill Buckner's error in the 1986 World Series  October 25, 1986, a day of ... Larry David loses a softball game when a ball rolls between his legs; his ... Mets, Boston was ahead by a score of 5-3 in the bottom of the 10th inning. ... the championship for the Red Sox; it didn't even lose Game 6 for them, as the...
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The 1919 Black Sox scandal -- Chicago Tribune  Aug 9, 2013 ... The 1921 Black Sox trial acquitted the eight ball players, but they ... The Chicago White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds during the 1919 World Series ... Before the fall: the ill-fated 1919 Chicago White Sox strike relaxed poses for a team ... after taking money to throw baseball games during the World Series.
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Black Sox Scandal - Wikipedia  The Black Sox Scandal took place during the play of the 1919 World Series. The Chicago White Sox lost the series to the Cincinnati Reds, and eight ... Because of baseball's reserve clause, any player who refused to accept a ... Nevertheless, he was later banned with the others for knowing about the fix but not reporting it.
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The World Series - ClassZone.com  The veteran Boston Pilgrims pitcher Cy Young threw the first pitch of the first World Series. ... Leach, who played third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903. ... National League lost to the Boston Pilgrims of the newly formed American League. Cy Young won two games for Boston during the series.