Where numbers of the Chicago White sox were accused up during world series to the cincinnati reds. It brought about many changes in baseball, including getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life, but the story of that one is not a simple one. It is very complicated. Tonights talk 100alled field of myths, years after the black sox s candal, so it should be a fascinating talk. I am excited to welcome david. Are gathered here on the eve of this years world series, and 100 years ago, who knew there was going to be another world series . Once that scandal was exposed, and trust in baseball was starting to evaporate very rapidly, and as david said, that is, you know, eight men out. That is the story we know. That was the title of a book, a movie. The legends respond about that. It was not the start of trouble in rivers city. Gambling had been rife in baseball since the beginning of the sport. Think of all of the gambling in america. The riverboat gamblers and card s
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