1919 World Series Causes

The 1919 World Series players took part in a scandal mainly through the influence of manager Charles Comiskey. Charles Comiskey is the primary reason that fueled the team to throw the series away by his cheapness and overall dislike. The 1988 film Eight Men Out directed by John Sayles depicts an accurate depiction of how Charles Comiskey influenced the White Sox to throw away the series. Charles Comiskey is illustrated as an unfair manager: who paid his players the minimum, a manager who didn’t keep his promise for winning the pennant, and overall the players greatly disliked Comiskey.

Dean Smith, author of “The Black Sox Scandal”, highlights the biggest scandal in the baseball world. Smith introduces his article with Jim Crusinberry, a sports journalist, who arrived at the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati for the World Series on September 30, 1919. Smith writes how Crusinberry noticed Abe Attell, former world featherweight boxing champion, screaming his throat out with a handful of money and offering to bet on Cincinnati Reds to beat the Chicago White Sox in the opening match. This behavior of Attell was twitching for Crusinberry, as to why he was betting against the greatest and finest team, Chicago White Sox, in the free-wheeling days of Americans gamblers.

On September 26th 2014, Derek Jeter took his final swing at the most prestigious Yankees Stadium in front of thousands and millions of baseball fans and ended up winning his final home game. The crowd went ballistic over the RBI and chanted “Derek Jeter” while raising signs that read “Salute to the Captain”. At that very moment, people viewed Derek Jeter not for what race he fell under or for what kind of person he was or for the ladies he slept with, but the athlete who electrified the diamond every time he stepped on it. Roberta Newman wrote an article on (Branding Derek Jeter, Redefining Race) companies such as Movado and Avon on how they showcase Derek Jeter “as neither black nor white and so can relate to everyone” (Newman) as a turning

The 1920s was a rough era for America. It had many events and things that made it a

The people who were against segregation and promoted civil rights helped to accomplish what we call today, an integrated society. During the Civil Rights Revolution, there were many prominent figures such as Jackie Robinson, the first major league baseball player who influenced the court’s decision to integrate society. Not only did Jackie Robinson play major league baseball, but he also ran track, played basketball and football. He played these college sports at UCLA, USC and Pasadena Junior College, which are predominately white colleges.

On August 4, 1921 eight men were banned from Major League Baseball by newly appointed baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series. Eight men were accused of fixing the World Series for money. This scandal will forever be remembered in infamy and completely changed the image of professional baseball. Judge Landis became the first commissioner of baseball to fix the broken image of the sport and assure the public of no more scandals and fair play. The players went through trial and even though they were acquitted and were happy, it didn't last long because less than 24 hours later they were banned for life. The aftermath of the Black Sox Scandal and life after

“God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise” (Jackson, 1). In this quote, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is trying to convey that even though he was raised illiterate, he still tried his absolute best at life here on Earth, and that no one can judge him for that reason. This quote relates to the overall thesis because it helps prove that a person does not have to be literate in order to become an important historical figure. Overall, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was an important political figure of 1920s American History because he was able to prove how he could overcome any obstacle, and he could still become a historical figure, even though he was illiterate his entire lifetime.

The early 1900s was a time of industrialization and economic prosperity in the United States. Following after World War 1, there were several events that followed like the Harlem Renaissance, the invention of televisions, the advent of credit and the Golden Age of American Sports. The United States had a very strong economy during America’s post-war and many workers had more free time. Advances in architecture resulted in new and bigger stadiums and radios were becoming a social norm. Radios made it easier for citizens to keep up with their favorite teams and newspapers often talked about the popular topics surrounding sports. With the rise of spectator sports, one sport had the greatest impact of all, and it was baseball.

Hank Aaron was one of the earliest black baseball players in MLB, and he was very triumphant, in fact he broke such an important record, he was considered one of the best to ever play. Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, with a career total of 755 home runs, which still stands today. But not all of his career was solid, Hank Aaron had a lot of problems with the public too. Hank Aaron was the victim of racism, death threats, and harassment, but he chose to rise above the hate and actually used it to his own success. Since Hank Aaron did this, he made history in MLB, took a big step in the American Civil Rights Act, and stopped tons of racism toward blacks in their tracks.

The Chicago White Sox almost ruined baseball after fixing the 1919 World Series, but Babe Ruth and commissioner Kenesaw Landis saved it. It all went downhill when the 1919 Chicago White Sox decided to throw the World Series. Many people were angry and did not like baseball because of it. After the Series, someone confessed and they eventually got banned for life, two years after they confessed. Then came a rising star from Baltimore who changed the game forever and made people think differently about baseball. Then he got traded to New York Yankees,and his career only went up from there.

An associate editor in SPORTINGNEWS Roy Clements wrote the argument of Buck Weaver’ reinstatement in the MLB. He was a one of the eight players, who banned from the MLB. After his death, his family tries to get into him in the MLB again. It tries to reinstate him in MLB because the MLB commissioner considers Pete Rose, who banned from MLB because of gambling on baseball, try to reinstate in the MLB.

Did you know The Black Sox Scandal can easily be called one of the most notorious scandals of early baseball history? The Scandal of the “Black Sox” was mostly a rumor back in the 1919’s, and sort of still is today. The fact that anyone would purposely “throw” any ball game is unthinkable and unimaginable. The scandal happened almost 100 years ago! There were eight members of the team involved in the so-called scandal.

The 1961 Yankees team will go down as one of the greatest teams in history. Two reasons the team was great, were Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Mickey Mantle was a center fielder for the Yankees form 1951-1968, and Roger Maris was an outfielder for the Yankees from 1960-1966. Both of these players were outstanding hitters and became involved in what is known as the Chase for 61. The Chase for 61 was the name given to the attempt for both Mantle and Maris to break Babe Ruth’s homerun record and hit 61 homeruns in 154 games. During this 1961 season and the chase, the media was all over it trying to make a story wherever they could get one. Because not only would this make baseball history, but they wanted to create drama and scandal to make it even more popular.

Gentlemen, I take you back to the day, where the court of arbitration for sport had found essendon bombers players, now known as the Essendon 34, were found guilty of taking the banned substance Thymosin Beta 4,: "I 'm very disappointed, shocked is probably the best word.” Words spoken by the Coach of Essendon, James Hird, words that reflect the feelings of Australia very accurately.

Social media has caused many problems for athletes. It can cause athletes to lose scholarships and contracts from posting horrific things like illegal drug use, domestic abuse, profanity towards other people, and underage drinking. It is a major problem that people have posting inappropriate things. There are many consequences that could happen with this behavior. Reputations and the rest of your life can be determined from what you post. Kids in High School can not get recruited anymore because of the making bad choices of social media. You never know who is watching you, be careful, in just a few seconds, your future career can be over.