2006-07-21 12:27:54 · 9 answers · asked by goddess 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The refers to the 1919 White Sox team when supposedly 8 men were paid to "throw" the game, so that gamblers could cash in big for their bets. They nicked name them the Black Sox. This is what the movie "8 Men Out" is based on & references made to it in "Field of Dreams" because it was always unclear as to what happened with "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
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I just reread part of your question...regarding how did it affect baseball, here is some more info from Wikipedia. I'll attach the link if you want to read more.
The 1919 World Series was played between the Chicago White Sox of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Due to increased enthusiasm in baseball after World War I, Major League Baseball decided on a best-of-nine format for the Series. Eight members of the Chicago franchise conspired with gamblers to throw (intentionally lose) games. The conspiracy is often known as the Black Sox Scandal.
This betting conspiracy between a group of players and gamblers led to the lifetime banning of eight White Sox players from organized baseball, the installation of Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the sport's first commissioner, and strict rules prohibiting gambling.
2006-07-21 12:33:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Chicago White Sox were paif off by the mob and lost to the Cincinatti Reds in the 1919 World Series, Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned from baseball for life by commissioner Judge Landis.It gave baseball a black mark , until Babe Ruth brought baseball back again
2006-07-21 12:46:02 · answer #2 · answered by The Duke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've gotten the general gist of what happened from other answers, but for more info check out
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/blacksox.html
At that time, baseball was our national pasttime, and people took it very seriously. Today in an era of performance enhancing drugs, and the business of Pete Rose betting on games while still a player, the Black Sox Scandal doesn't sound as bad as it did then.....then it was a REALLY big deal and changed how a lot of people looked at the game...it was really tarnished for them.
2006-07-21 12:38:17 · answer #3 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was way back in the early days of baseball when some organized crime figures took bets on the World Series and paid some of the players on the White Sox team to deliberately lose the games. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was one of the accused.
2006-07-21 12:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by joker45693 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the black sox scandal refers to when "shoeless" joe jackson supposedly caused his team (the sox) to intentionally lose in the world series so he could win a few bucks. bottom line he threw the game for a bet. it made baseball look really bad after that
2006-07-21 12:32:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The black sox were accused and tried for throwing the 1919 world series. The person who organized this later became a powerful bootlegger and mobster (can't remember his name) This affected baseball by preventing the players to gamble.
2006-07-21 12:35:35 · answer #6 · answered by J D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were a black sox hun, its the white sox an there was no scandal!
2006-07-21 12:30:23 · answer #7 · answered by bettyboop344 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some baseball players from the chicago whote sox threw the world series. they were bought off by gamblers. several of the players were banned from baseball for life including shoeless joe jackson.
2006-07-21 12:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by Dagblastit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a scandal where members of the team were bought off to throw the world series
2006-07-21 12:31:50 · answer #9 · answered by nate7799_98223 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋