The betrayal : the 1919 World Series and the birth of modern baseball / / Charles Fountain

• Autore: Fountain Charles
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016]; © 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.35709773/1109041
• Soggetto topico: Baseball - Corrupt practices - United States - History; Baseball - United States - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The betrayal
• ISBN: 0-19-023272-2; 0-19-979522-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797543103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II