Say It Ain't So: The Black Sox Scandal and Baseball in 1919

May 5th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  59 mins 48 secs

1919, american history, baseball, labor, season1, spanish flu, world war i

Baseball was the only truly national American sport in 1919, loved by fans across the United States. But the mood among players was grim--team owners kept salaries artificially low. When the Chicago White Sox won their league championship, the temptation to accept hard cash from gamblers to deliberately lose the World Series was irresistible. After all, what could possibly go wrong?