The 1919 World Series, where the Chicago White Sox faced off against the Cincinnati Reds, has a decidedly fixed place in both the history of American baseball and organized crime. White Sox first baseman Arnold “Chick” Gandil, with the connections provided by entrepreneur and gangster, Arnold Rothstein, convinced seven other players to join him in throwing the World Series in exchange for $100,000 in bribes. After the scandal broke, those players involved were banned from baseball. Despite his .356 lifetime batting average, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson has yet to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his alleged involvement in the scandal.
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