LEADER 02629nam 2200565 450 001 9910812772303321 005 20230808212149.0 010 $a0-19-023272-2 010 $a0-19-979522-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468228 035 $a(EBL)2198492 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14792251 035 $a(PQKB)11574338 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2198492 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2198492 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11095022 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL826481 035 $a(OCoLC)920167139 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468228 100 $a20150504h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe betrayal $ethe 1919 World Series and the birth of modern baseball /$fCharles Fountain 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ 2016 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-979513-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The Black Sox were only a part of it -- "Honorable Joes" -- The Prince of Fixers -- Baseball at war -- Brothers and enemies -- The conversations -- Losing the Series -- The end of the Series -- The cover-up begins -- The newspapers try to figure it out -- "It Ain't True, Is It Joe?" -- The Judge -- Judgment -- Timeless Joe -- Epilogue. 330 $aIn the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of 20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favored, Chicago lost the Series five games to three. Although rumors of a fix flew while the series was being played, they were largely disregarded by players and the public at large. It wasn't until a year later that a general investigation into baseball gambling reopened the case, and a nationwide sca 606 $aBaseball$xCorrupt practices$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aBaseball$xCorrupt practices$xHistory. 615 0$aBaseball$xHistory. 676 $a796.35709773/1109041 700 $aFountain$b Charles$01618510 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812772303321 996 $aThe betrayal$93972688 997 $aUNINA