Quick refresh what happened to him on January 6th. Take a look images of him, authorities Rushing Hyim to a secure area and his family being rushed to safety. Outside there is a makeshift gallows and chanlts of hang mik pence. Hang Mike Pence okay. That was more than five months ago and now that anger has gone away for some. Mike pence appeared in the Faith And Freedom Collision Summit Today and in years past its kind of the audience that would have welcomed him. Today he did get applause but also was booed and people continually interrupted his scripted remarks screaming out the word traitor. It is great to be back with so many patriots. D dedicated to Faith And Freedom and the road to the majority. And i want to thank my friend for those overly generous words. Traitor traitor he knows me well enough to know Traitor Tra Traitor im a christian, conservative and republican in that order. In case you have any confusion why they are screaming traitor at Mike Pence not because he continues
The Formervice President certainly understands that, or he should. And after today, especially. Before we show you what happened to him today, here is a quick refresh of what happened to him on January 6th. Take a look. Its images of him, authorities rushing him to a secure area. His family is with him, too, being rushed to safety. And outside, there was that makeshift gallows. And from some of the insurrectionists, chants of hang Mike Pence. Hang Mike Pence hang Mike Pence hang Mike Pence okay. So, that was more than five months ago and today, a reminder for many supporters of the former president , none of that anger has gone away. Mike pence appeared at what was billed as the Faith And Freedom coalition summit today. And in years past, its kind of the audience who would have welcomed him. Today, he did get applause. But he, also, was booed and people continually interrupted his scripted remarks screaming out the word traitor. It is great to be back with so many patriots. Dedicated t
1919 world series and judge and jury about baseballs first commissioner. I would like to welcome you all to cooperstown and the director here, david kent. Were very fortunate tonight to have a 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 anniversary 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. It brought about getting a commission and getting eight players on the white sox banned for life. 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. [ ap
Been the Team Historian since 2015 and before that covered the team for 18 years for the boston globe and espn. Before we begin, i will let you know about protocols we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run 45 or 50 minutes with our panelists speaking. Then we will open it up for q and a, you can use the q and a function at the bottom of your screen and type in your question and we should be be able to read the question and get to most all of them as we possibly can. With over 150 people attending we may not be able to get to all of them. Thank you for joining us. Without further ado i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. And welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i do one more presentation at mhs historical, i will be eligible for health insurance. I am hoping to stick around for six next year. Needless to say, i wish we were in different circumstances and that i would be leading you all on the short talk from mass his
Where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds. And it 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, our speaker, tonight. Well, thank you. [ applause ] yeah. Were were gathered here, tonight, on the eve of of this years world series. And a hundred years ago, well, who knew if there were going to be another world series, once that scandal was exposed. And whether trust in baseball was starting to evaporate very rapidly. And as david said, thats, you know, eight men out. Thats the story that we know. That was the title of a b