Mr. Kent i want to welcome you to cooperstown. I am the director here, david kent. We are very fortunate tonight to have an esteemed historian and writer who is not only an historian. He is very into baseball. That is a good combination. Right now, it is the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous scandals in baseball history, the black sox scandal, where numbers of the Chicago White sox were accused up during world series to the cincinnati reds. It brought about many changes in baseball, including getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life, but the story of that one is not a simple one. It is very complicated. So the title of tonights talk is called field of myths, 100 years after the black sox scandal, so it should be a fascinating talk. I am excited to welcome david. David we are gathered here on the eve of this years world series, and 100 years ago, who knew there was going to be another world series . Once that scandal was exposed, and trust in base
Now at 11 00, get ready to buckle down until at least june. Bay area leaders warning were in it for the long haul and extending stay at home orders. The reason is transmissions are going down is because people are sheltering in place. Tonight, a closer look at whats driving the decision. Reporter a gruesome discovery in San Francisco. Police find the severed head and other human remains inside the apartment omar of a man reported missing to police. The shelter in place order is too much for one restaurant. How the restaurant, opened for 35 years, is now closing its doors. People across the bay area are coming to terms with another month in lockdown. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Ken is off tonight. County leaders announcing theyre extending the orders until the end of may including marin, san mateo, santa clara, contra costa, San Francisco, and more. Weve imposed restrictions on our lives that have made things not only very difficult for you, but difficult for your family. Reporter
Tonight, a closer look at whats driving the decision. Reporter a gruesome discovery in San Francisco. Police find the severed head and other human remains inside the apartment omar of a man reported missing to police. The shelter in place order is too much for one restaurant. How the restaurant, opened for 35 years, is now closing its doors. People across the bay area are coming to terms with another month in lockdown. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Ken is off tonight. County leaders announcing theyre extending the orders until the end of may including marin, san mateo, santa clara, contra costa, San Francisco, and more. Weve imposed restrictions on our lives that have made things not only very difficult for you, but difficult for your family. Reporter bay area leaders acknowledging the hardship and fatigue that many of us are feeling. As kpix 5s betty yu reports, they say the now is just too great. Betty. Reporter Bay Area Public Health officers are expected to give details later th
Known for his work at the National Park service. He was parked historian at vicksburg and became chief historian of the National Park service until his retirement. He published many books, primarily relating to the western theater of the war. He has a Campaign History of vicksburg, which is viewed as a classic. In 2015, legislation was introduced to award him a congressional gold medal for his contributions. His talk today is recovering the uss cairo from the yazoo. Mr. Bearss. applause thank you so much. Always a pleasure being where we are today at longwood university, to talk about the raising of the cairo. If you want to find out how to raise a vessel, you will not do it the way we do it. When i arrived at vicksburg in 1966, i injured on duty, and after i had been there for about a year, the superintendent called me in and said, ed, i want you to see if you can find the gunboat cairo. It was one of seven ironclads built by the United States. I said yes, i would be interested. And i
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