Black Sox

When Bart Giamatti banned Pete Rose from baseball in 1989, it was arguably the darkest moment in baseball history since the 1919 Chicago White Sox earned the moniker Black Sox for throwing the World Series.

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When Bart Giamatti banned Pete Rose from baseball in 1989, it was arguably the darkest moment in baseball history since the 1919 Chicago White Sox earned the moniker Black Sox for throwing the World Series.

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One team, the Chicago White Sox, was even dubbed the Black Sox because of it.

Devra Maza: Baseball's Big Black Eye: Black Sox, Blackouts and the Banning of Buck Weaver 2010

It was a Jewish gambler who fixed the 1919 baseball World Series - what became known as the Black Sox scandal. "

Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

Then came the "Black Sox" scandal in which eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the World Series.

Larry Abrams: Bonds -- In and Outta This World 2008

Adams was a pitcher at Michigan when Ray Fisher, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in the infamous 1919 World Series against the Chicago "Black Sox," taught him a cut fastball.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jeff Blair 2010

Freakonomics Blog: did the 1919 White Sox get their nickname, the "Black Sox," due to their throwing of the World Series or for their notoriously dirty uniforms? chicagocrime. org.

Tailgate 2010

Not since the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, when eight Chicago

TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

Baseball did the same thing with two live-ball eras, one of which was intended to overcome the stigma of the "Black Sox" scandal.

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Freakonomics Blog: did the 1919 White Sox get their nickname, the "Black Sox," due to their throwing of the World Series or for their notoriously dirty uniforms? chicagocrime. org.

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