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Cubs threw 1918 World Series?
AP ^ | April 20, 2011

Posted on 04/20/2011 2:58:53 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

CHICAGO -- If Chicago has been willing to believe that a cow caused the Great Chicago Fire, maybe it will buy this one: The White Sox got the idea to throw the 1919 World Series after the Cubs did the same thing one year earlier.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: baseball; chicago; cubs; mlb; redsox
A new movie role for Charlie Sheen.
1 posted on 04/20/2011 2:58:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

It’s the Chicago Way.


2 posted on 04/20/2011 3:00:46 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’ve seen petty things. Who do you want to win?


3 posted on 04/20/2011 3:01:57 PM PDT by allmost
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Here's one of the comments from the source site.

Cubs don't need to cheat to lose games! Go Cubs!

4 posted on 04/20/2011 3:03:04 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: dfwgator

Hyman Roth admired Arnold Rothstein. He said so in Godfather II.


5 posted on 04/20/2011 3:03:29 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

It’s 2011. WGAS!!!


6 posted on 04/20/2011 3:29:12 PM PDT by hflynn
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To: Paleo Conservative
So true! Here's a photo of the Red Sox pitcher, Babe Ruth, in the 1918 World Series. Babe Ruth
7 posted on 04/20/2011 3:30:41 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: 12Gauge687

Are they suggesting that Fred Merkle pulled another boner? And they gave PeeWee Herman a lot of grief, sheesh.


8 posted on 04/20/2011 4:29:21 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: ConservativeStatement

This rumor has been around for a few years but I’ve never seen any good evidence to support the idea.


9 posted on 04/20/2011 4:59:14 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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