Scandals in baseball history, the black sox scandals where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds, and it brought about many changes in baseball including getting a commissioner and getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life, but the story of that is not really a simple one. It is very complicated. So, the title of tonights talk is called field of myths, 100 years after baseballs 1919 black sox scandal. Finally separating the many myths from the reality. And so this should be a fascinating talk and im excited to welcome david pietrusza, our speaker to night. Thank you. Yeah, we are gathered here tonight on the eve of this years world series, and 100 years ago, who knew if there was going to be another world series once that scandal was exposed and whether trust in baseball was starting to evaporate rapidly. And as david said, thats, you know, eight men out. That is the story that we know. That is the t
And judge and jury the life and times of the judge Kennesaw Mountain landis. Were very fortunate tonight to have an esteemed historian and awardwinning writer, who is not only an historian but hes very into baseball. So, its a good combination because right now its the 100th an verse of one of the most infamous scandals in baseball history. The black sox scandal where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds. And it brought about many changes in baseball, including getting a commissioner and getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life. So but the story of that is not really a simple one. Its very complicated. So, the title of tonights talk is called field of myths 100 years after baseballs 1919 black sox scandal, finally separating the many myths from the reality. So this should be a fascinating talk. And i am excited to welcome david pietrusza, our speaker tonight. Well, thank you. [ applause ] yeah, wer
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economic. [inaudible] once more. see mack today i m proud to declare the united states is in the midst of an economic boom the likes of which the world has never seen before. steam seven mr. trump was joined by stop economic advisers. larry o-uppercase-letter in treasury secretary steven mnuchin. i had a chance to speak with both of them this weekend starting with larry. i began asking him to expand on the president s message of booming american growth that he brought with him to europe. gerry: the president s message in davos is growth. how the u.s. has achieved growth and what it means for the rest the world. once you flush out that message for us. i like to call the blue-collar boom, and america is working, and the president s policies and tax cuts and deregulation and opening energy, and reducing trade barriers, and really for there s time, jerry, at least since the 90s if not longer, the middle and lower end of the wage earners are outpacing their bosses in terms of g