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Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 /

Zminda, Don,

Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 / Black Sox and baseball in 1920. Don Zminda. - xviii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305) and index.

Foreword / by Rob Neyer -- Introduction -- Prelude: 1917 -- A cold (and dry) New Year -- Detective stories -- Insurrectionists -- Waco -- A good start -- The absent brother -- Trials and triumphs -- Abe tells -- Scandal, tragedy -- and first place -- The suspicious slump -- The Grand Jury -- Busted -- A bitter month -- Here comes the Judge -- Epilogue: Trials, tribulations, and thoughts.

"This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history--the Black Sox scandal--continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"--

1538142325 9781538142325

2020036349


Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)--History.


World Series (Baseball) (1919)
World Series (Baseball)


1900-1999


Baseball--Corrupt practices--History--United States--20th century.

GV875 .C58 / Z65 2021

796.357/640977311

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