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Double Plays and Double Crosses - The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920 (Hardcover)
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Double Plays and Double Crosses - The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920 (Hardcover)
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"[An] essential study of a previously unexplored chapter of the
game's history. An important addition to baseball collections...."
Library Journal, Starred Review The gripping story of how one of
the most infamous scandals in American history-the Black Sox
scandal-continued for nearly a year following the fixed World
Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. The Black Sox
scandal has fascinated sports fans for over one hundred years. But
while the focus has traditionally been on the fixed 1919 World
Series, the reality is that it continued well into the following
season-and members of the Chicago White Sox very likely continued
to fix games. The result was a year of suspicion, intrigue, and
continued betrayal. In Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black
Sox and Baseball in 1920, Don Zminda tells the story of an
unforgettable team and an unforgettable year in baseball and
American history. Zminda reveals in captivating detail how the
Black Sox scandal unfolded in 1920, the level of involvement in
game-fixing by notable players like Shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck
Weaver, and the complicity of White Sox management in covering up
details of the scandal. In addition, Zminda provides an in-depth
investigation of games during the 1920 season that were likely
fixed and the discovery during the year of other game-fixing
scandals that rocked baseball. Throughout 1920, the White Sox
continued to play-and usually win-despite mistrust among teammates.
Double Plays and Double Crosses tells for the first time what
happened during this season, when suspicion was rampant and the
team was divided between "clean" players and those suspected of
fixing the 1919 World Series.
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