Shoeless Joe Scandal

In 1919 the Major League Baseball World Series was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. The White Sox were 5:1 favorites over Cincinnati, the story of the World Series would be forever be known as the darkest day in the history of baseball. The series would forever be known as the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. The White Sox lost the series five games to three. Rumors circulated that the series had been thrown. White Sox players had been given money in return for sub-par performances. Eight men were implicated as conspirators in the fix. Among the conspirators implicated in the scandal was a man by the name of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson. Jackson was a future hall of famer. His performance in the 1919 series was superb; however, he was one of the eight players of the White Sox to be banned for life from professional baseball. The lifetime banishment ended the careers of the eight men, and Jackson could never be allowed as a member of the hall of fame. This has led to ma...