World Series Fix!: The Black Sox Scandal

In 1919, when players couldn't strike, baseball saw one of its greatest scandals.

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In 1919, when players couldn’t strike, baseball saw one of its greatest scandals. Eight Chicago White Sox, self-dubbed “Black Sox” due to the greedy owner’s refusal to launder uniforms, plotted to fix the World Series. Go back to that giddy summer when America, freed from WWI woes, felt betrayed by the golden boys of summer.

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