The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball
by
Charles Fountain
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favored,...