Articles related to "Black Sox"

The 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. In doing so, they threw away their careers, their Hall of Fame chances, and their baseball legacies.

Several White Sox players confessed to deliberately losing the 1919 World Series. Although they later recanted, eight men were banned for life and the sport almost died.

Banning eight "Black Sox," including the immortal Joe Jackson, helped save baseball regardless of the still disputed innocence or guilt of the accused.

Baseball has often appeared as a symbol of American Life in many great novels and some really simple but wonderful poems.

Some of the most entertaining books in publication are about baseball. Among the best are those that transcend the game with stories reaching beyond the play-by-play.

For as long as men have played the National Pastime, there have been baseball superstitions. Here are some of the best.

Some of the most entertaining books in publication are about baseball. Among the best are those that transcend the game with stories reaching beyond the play-by-play.

As MLB bubble gum millionaires open the season on April 5-7, management should wake-up and remember the public once disowned America's national pastime over cheating.

The 1917 White Sox won 100 games, but they have become an afterthought since many of their stars played on the 1919 Black Sox.

This slick-fielding first baseman was also, unfortunately, an inveterate gambler and a well-known cheat.

Many great teams have come and gone over the past 140 years of major league baseball. Here is our list of the ten best baseball teams of all time.

If thrown correctly, the knuckleball is the hardest pitch to throw, catch and hit. Many have tried it, but few have mastered it. Here is a Baseball Primer on the pitch.

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry heated up of the field long before the two teams became bitter enemies between the lines. When Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth, a Curse Was Born.

Second base has been covered by some of baseball's outstanding hitters, fielders, and baserunners. Amazingly, most of them played more than a half-century ago.

Although baseball has provided the subject matter for some fine movies, there's no sure-fire formula. Some big names have flopped and some have become controversial.

The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in 1939 to mark the centennial of the game's legendary founding. The first five players elected are still legends.

The financial collapse of a New York town led one bright young man to found the Hall in the hopes of developing tourism. The idea succeeded beyond his wildest dreams

Baseball has always been wracked with scandal: gambling, corking bats, steroids, spying. But perhaps no scandal in MLB history was worse than the Pittsburgh drug trials.

Hitting .400 is indeed a rarity. Only eight players have done so since the dawn of baseball's modern era, which began in 1901 with the birth of the American League.

It was bad enough when the reviled Barry Bonds was the main target of the steroid scandal but now that Alex Rodriguez is in the middle how will baseball recover?

Stumped by Christmas shopping? Then buy your favorite baseball fan a few of these great page turners about our National Pastime.

Speaker was the first in a line of immortal offensive and defensive centerfielders that includes Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Ken Griffey, Jr.

In a decade full of great teams, the Cincinnati Reds led by Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan were the very best.

Almost everybody who plays in the MLB gets a nickname at some point. Here are ten of the best baseball nicknames along with the origin and meaning behind each one.

That's right. Baseball movies have been made for the past 109 years. In order to avoid getting stuck with John Goodman's portrayal of the Babe, here are the ten best.

Cheating in sports is as old as sports, but using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids can tragically up the ante.