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| Pictured in this photo are the eight White Sox players who conspired with gamblers to throw the World Series. [not in any order] Eddie Cicotte, Claude "Lefty" Williams, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Oscar "Happy" Felsch, Charles "Swede" Risberg, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Buck Weaver and Fred McMullin. |
What Was The Black Sox Scandal
The Black Sox Scandal took place during the 1919 World Series, where the Chicago White Sox faced the Cincinnati Reds. Eight players on the White Sox team were banned for life from professional baseball for conspiring with gamblers to intentionally lose The World Series games giving the World Series Champions title to the Cincinnati Reds.
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