Writer. Who is not only an historian. But he is a hes very into baseball. And 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. 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
Historian and awardwinning writer. Who is not only an historian. But he is a hes very into baseball. And 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. 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 k
David kent. And we are very fortunate, tonight, to have esteemed Historian And Awardwinning writer. Who is not only an historian. But he is a hes very into baseball. And 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. 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
I am the director here. David kent. And we are very fortunate, tonight, to have esteemed Historian And Awardwinning writer. Who is not only an historian. But he is a hes very into baseball. And 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. 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
Trucea describes what he calls the 1919 World Series Fix by members of the Chicago White sox which came to be known as the black sox scandal. He talks about how it shapes public perceptions of what happened. He is the author two of books on the subject. I would like to welcome you all to cooperstown. Im the director here, david kent. We are very Opportunity Tonight to have an esteemed Historian And Awardwinning writer who is not only an historian, but hes very into baseball. So it is a good combination because right now it is the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous scandal inside 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 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