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* Happy birthday, Edd Roush
The two-time NL batting champion and Hall of Fame inductee (1962), was born this date in 1893. Roush was a member of the Cincinnati Reds that faced the White Sox in the 1919 World Series. The Amazon R… more →
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
1919: The Other Guys
wrote 1 month ago: If you follow baseball, you know 1919 is the “Fixed Series”. The “Black Sox … more →
#50: Worshiping criminals
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wrote 2 months ago: BET had a documentary on a year or so back called American Gangster. Under normal circumstances, one … more →
The End of the 1919 World Series
wrote 2 months ago: In the Chicago Tribune’s reporting on the White Sox series-ending game 8 loss to the Cincinnat … more →
Eight Men Out
wrote 3 months ago: There are plenty of scandals for baseball through the years but today is the day, October 1st, 90 ye … more →
Black Sox's staining of the game hasn't hurt their cards
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wrote 3 months ago: There are plenty of scandals and black eyes for baseball through the years but today is the day, alb … more →
The 1919 Chicago White Sox Revisited
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wrote 3 months ago: This year marks the 90th anniversary of the infamous “Black Sox” scandal. The scandal was that 8 pla … more →
STALL & DEAN⎩Black Sox⎫Fitted Ball Cap
wrote 3 months ago: STALL & DEAN introduce the latest in their collection with this Black Sox fitted baseball cap in … more →
Was Shoeless Joe Jackson innocent?
wrote 4 months ago: Studes: Eliot Asinof’s notes for his signature baseball book, Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and … more →
Scandals, Controversies, etc.
wrote 4 months ago: The 1919 Black Sox scandal is one of the biggest scandals in sports history. During that year 8 mem … more →
From the archives of From A to Zowie: Shoeless Joe Jackson and the 1919 Chicago White Sox
wrote 5 months ago: 1919 Chicago White Sox I love alternate history, and a few years ago I decided to visit baseball his … more →
Wayward Rose
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wrote 5 months ago: It was Hall of Fame weekend for Major League Baseball. Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice received their … more →
The Elysian Fields
wrote 7 months ago: The Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey It is June 15, 1846 and we are in the middle of a war with M … more →
Bud Selig - Baseball's incompetent commissioner
wrote 11 months ago: On the same vein as my previous article, an argument that greed is the root of the steroids scandal … more →
2008 Playoff Prime Cuts Box Busters
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wrote 1 year ago: Brian, Chris and Tracy open two boxes of Prime Cuts! … more →
Sporting Betting Scandals
wrote 1 year ago: Following on from the revelations about Jamie Burnett’s alleged match-fixing probe in snooker … more →
1919 Black Sox Player Totally Looks Like Jay Leno
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wrote 1 year ago: A Black Sox Player from 1919 Totally Looks Like talk show host Jay Leno Submitted by jellardson » Th … more →
Card of the Day: 1915 Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe Jackson (RP-1993)
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wrote 1 year ago: There are a few things I am certain of when it comes to cards: 1) I will never be happy with what I … more →
Retirement Calls The Moose
wrote 1 year ago: What do Henry Schmidt, Sandy Koufax and Mike Mussina have in common? This unlikely triumvirate compr … more →
The 1919 World Series: What Really Happened?
wrote 1 year ago: One of baseball’s infamous events is the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and t … more →
