100 years ago today (Aug 3 1921), the first MLB Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned 8 members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox for life.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Black_Sox_Scandal
Banned Players:
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson Eddie Cicotte Oscar "Happy" Felsch Claude "Lefty" Williams Arnold "Chick" Gandil Fred McMullin Charles "Swede" Risberg George "Buck" Weaver
1 posted on
08/03/2021 5:21:05 AM PDT by
DFG
To: DFG
Say it ain’t so, Joe, Say it ain’t so..................
2 posted on
08/03/2021 5:22:40 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DFG
We need a lot more justice, quick and ‘final’.
3 posted on
08/03/2021 5:27:46 AM PDT by
.44 Special
(Taimid Buacharch)
To: DFG
There are some people who believe from the very first series (1903) all the way to 1919...baseball was corrupted during the seasons, and up to the World Series. This banning business was the only way to get players/coaches into the mindset...it wouldn’t be accepted.
To: DFG
5 posted on
08/03/2021 6:00:01 AM PDT by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: DFG
“Black Sox”? Sounds racist.
6 posted on
08/03/2021 6:04:41 AM PDT by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: DFG
Of all the eight players, I felt the most sorry for Eddie Cicotte. He had been promised a $5000 bonus if he won 30 games. After his 29th win, owner Charles Comiskey had him miss his next three starts in order to "save" him for the world series, though everyone knew the real reason.
He was a reluctant participant and only took the half of the $10,000 bribe offered to the other players because he felt he had earned it as he almost certainly would have had he been allowed to make even two of his last three scheduled starts.
He later had a nephew that played in the major leagues.
8 posted on
08/03/2021 6:52:15 AM PDT by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: DFG
Loved Arnold Rothstein's portrayal in Boardwalk Empire by Michael Stuhlbarg...
9 posted on
08/03/2021 6:55:58 AM PDT by
Magnatron
To: DFG
12 posted on
08/03/2021 8:03:31 AM PDT by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
To: DFG
13 posted on
08/03/2021 8:04:53 AM PDT by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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