TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zminda,Don
TI  - Double plays and double crosses: the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 
SN  - 1538142325
AV  - GV875 .C58 Z65 2021
U1  - 796.357/640977311 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Lanham, Boulder, New York, London
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
KW  - History
KW  - World Series (Baseball)
KW  - (1919)
KW  - fast
KW  - Baseball
KW  - Corrupt practices
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th century
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -