THE BLACK SOX
BASEBALL CHEATS
G'day folks,
In 1919, the Chicago White Sox shocked fans and the whole nation when they essentially threw the 1919 World Series in exchange for money. The first suspicions regarding the scandal arose in the first game, after an uncharacteristically bad performance of the heavily favored White Sox athletes.
As it turned out, eight members of the team accepted a bribe - as much
as $100,000 (about $1.4 million today) - to deliberately lose in favor of the
Cincinnati Reds.
After a grand jury investigated the scandalous allegations, the crooked
players, dubbed the ‘Black Sox’ for their shady actions, were indicted for nine
counts of conspiracy. “I don’t know why I did it,” pitcher Eddie Cicotte told
the grand jury. “I needed the money. I had a wife and kids.” He and the rest of
the Black Sox were banned from playing major league baseball for life.
Clancy's comment: Mm ... and two Aussie cricketers only got two years for cheating!
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