How would you have dealt with the 8 White Sox?
2007-07-27 07:13:24 · 6 answers · asked by Detfan 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Times were different back in 1919....but I guess I would just have a court hearing, and maybe an investigation. I would probably end up banning all the players from baseball for life, but those just who I thought were guilty. I don't know if an investigation would do anything, but I think it might've kept Joe Jackson in the game longer, and let him play out his Hall of Fame caliber career.
2007-07-27 07:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think Landis had no real choice. I think he was hoping the Illinois jury found them guilty, threw them in jail, and he would not have to have dealt with it. But Landis knew these guys had been talking to gamblers, and knew a few of their plays affected the outcomes of the games. Now, also hearing about some of the stuff Charles Comisky pulled, I would have also yanked Comisky out of the game for causing an atmosphere where the players saw a payday from gamblers as more valuable than actually playing to win the games. Comisky got let off the hook, however.
2007-07-27 16:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Patrick M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question since I just read Eight Men Out.
Would I be as arrogant and domineering as Landis?
Either way, I think I would have given the players who made confessions, were proved to have taken money, or it was deemed by the preponderance of the evidence that they made "shady" plays a lifetime ban.
Buck Weaver took no money and there are no allegations of his making bad plays. However, he was in the room discussing the situation with gamblers on more than one occasion. Maybe one time - you are in the wrong place at the wrong time and you don't want to rat out your buddies. A second time - and you are implicitly going along with the fix. He would have to be suspended for a minimum of one full season and would have had to reapply for reinstatement.
Hopefully I would have handled Weaver's and Jackson's appeals more humanely, but my final verdict may have been the same.
But in 1921, the owners hired me to be a strong voice for baseball. Though I have a lifetime contract, I need to do my job and make the appearance I am cleaning things up.
2007-07-27 14:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by Matt G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess I probably would have banned any of the players who took money, regardless of how well they played in the series. I don't think Buck Weaver took any money, but he was banned because he didn't rat on this teammates. I probably would not have banned him.
2007-07-27 14:25:05 · answer #4 · answered by bencas9900 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldv'e banned them for life. it's a shame in the case of Joe Jackson b/c he was a sure Hall of Famer.
2007-07-27 15:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would of done the same thing
2007-07-27 17:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by Dodgerblue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋