What is the biggest Scandel (these are by opion)
Barry Bonds
Chicago Black Sox
Pete Rose
If there are any others put those down as well
2007-07-20 05:43:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Black Sox Scandal (Chicago Black Sox)
2007-07-20 05:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by lsutigerfan123 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The biggest scandal in baseball, by far, was the fixing of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago White Sox. That's why Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis's reaction was so harsh. Even though the 8 players on the White Sox were acquitted in court, Commissioner Landis banned all of them for life. To understand this, you really need to place yourself back in the early 1920s...
1. Baseball was still relatively new. It was still a few years before Babe Ruth ushered in the "live ball era." The sport was still making it's name. There was no television and radio then and clubs depended on paid attendance for all their revenue. If the public believed the games were fixed all the time, they wouldn't go.
2. It was the days just before prohibition and the Golden Age of organized crime. To be associated with gamblers and organized crime figures (those who paid off the White Sox) would put a permanent black mark on the game. The commissioner had to make a clear statement - and he did!
3. The fact that baseball would never tolerate mob influence and the fixing of games was established by its reaction to the Black Sox scandal. Baseball (and later other sports) would take the stand that the fixing of games and behavior related to that, such as gambling, would never be tolerated. It's sports most sacred rule. That's why Pete Rose has been banned for life - he broke the sacred rule. And that's why you will never see that ban lifted.
Yes, Barry Bonds cheated but what he did was not even close to the Black Sox scandal. It's interesting to note how the commissioner's office is handling Bonds and his imminent breaking of one of baseball's most popular records... they are not doing a thing! That's because they don't have to. The public is doing it. The public is, overall, refusing to recognize Barry's breaking of Aaron's record. It's perfect for baseball. Selig doesn't have to be the bad guy!
2007-07-20 06:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by whatever_jer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biggest scandal was segregation. The second-biggest was how greedy team owners in the days of the reserve clause would freeze players out over a difference of 500 bucks a year. I'm serious: They'd offer a player who had a great year a raise from $10,000 to $12,500, the player would ask for $13,000, and they wouldn't even let him in camp until he signed for the $12,500. Then, even if he had a good season, next year they'd cut him back to $10,000.
Even though the salaries are astronomical, the owners' greed doesn't change. Bud Selig, owner-turned-commissioner, proved that when he cancelled the 1994 postseason. The only time the owners ever put anything above their greed was when they put their bigotry above it from 1887 to 1947... and in some cases long after, when they couldn't deny black players a place on the team but could deny them the raises they'd earned while giving white players who had lesser seasons such raises.
2007-07-20 05:58:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cap Anson and segregation. Moses Fleetwood Walker was a catcher for Baltimore in 1882 or 1884 and Anson did not like the fact that he was black. So, in the Winter Meetings that year he had the color line drawn. (Moses' brother Welday also played outfield at the end of that year, making the brothers the first 2 blacks allowed to play MLB.) That's why Jackie Robinson broke 'the color line'. It was actually an unspoken rule for 70 years. The Black Sox are next in line, but in comparison that was nothing.
2007-07-21 09:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say chicago black sox cause barry bonds has not been proven guilty of anything and pete rose really didnt effect the game or anything he just gambled so the white sox thrownin the world series that a real scandel
2007-07-20 05:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by Mike R 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would say Pete Rose. Think about how good the Reds were. We are talking about season in and season out. The guy was betting on games. He even finally admitted to betting on his own games. That's more than just a seven game series. I know its different because its not the World Series, but come on. Those crazy die hard Cincy fans that think this guy should be in the Hall are just that, CRAZY. The guy was a jerk when he played, managed, and oh yeah ... he is still a jerk. I am an Indians fan and know that a manager can easily "manage" you out of a win. It has happened to us too often the past few seasons. I am sure that Pete Rose "managed" his team out of a game or two in his career.
2007-07-20 05:59:58 · answer #6 · answered by josh_huth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Phillies losing over 10,000 games. The team should be taken away from the owners by the league. A new owner should be found that wants to win. The one championship in 125 years is a real scandel.
2007-07-20 05:55:58 · answer #7 · answered by postal p 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Segregation, easily -- which at least has the faint if honest defense of being reflective of society in the times. Tearing that down is baseball's proudest moment.
Second would be the throw of the 1919 World Series.
2007-07-20 07:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chicago Black Sox cause people got banned 4 life from baseball cause of this
2007-07-20 05:47:34 · answer #9 · answered by Willy W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bud Selig
2007-07-20 06:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋