1919 World Series

"A Hell of a Brainy Plan": Remembering the Black Sox

Michael Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Kaplan

There was immediately a funny feeling about the 1919 World Series. As the post-Series rumors hardened into genuine evidence, several contrite players came forward to confess.

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

Devra Maza | Posted 05.25.2011

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Devra Maza

In the notorious Black Sox scandal of 1919, eight players were banned from baseball for life. George "Buck" Weaver never should have been one of them.

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