The 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal w/ Charles Fountain - A True Crime History Podcast
Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast
English - November 15, 2019 05:40 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsHistory Education entrepreneurship health leadership business comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 1919, eight players on the Chicago White Sox baseball team, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, were implicated in what would go down in infamy as the Black Sox scandal. In exchange for money, members of the team agreed to intentionally throw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. New York underworld gangster Arnold Rothstein is widely suspected of being the primary fixer in the sensational crime.
My guest is Charles Fountain, journalist, professor, baseball historian and author of "The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball." He gives his expert perspective into what is recognized as the greatest scandal in the history of American sports.
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