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The Betrayal

The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball

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The Betrayal

De: Charles Fountain
Narrado por: Bob Reed
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In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players - including Shoeless Joe Jackson - agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favored, Chicago lost the series five games to three. Although rumors of a fix flew while the series was being played, they were largely disregarded by players and the public at large. It wasn't until a year later that a general investigation into baseball gambling reopened the case, and a nationwide scandal emerged.

In this book, Charles Fountain offers a full and engaging history of one of baseball's true moments of crisis and hand-wringing and shows how the scandal changed the way American baseball was both managed and perceived. After an extensive investigation and a trial that became a national morality play, the jury returned not-guilty verdicts for all of the White Sox players in August of 1921. The following day, Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's new commissioner, "regardless of the verdicts of juries", banned the eight players for life. And thus the Black Sox entered into American mythology.

Guilty or innocent? Guilty and innocent? The country wasn't sure in 1921, and as Fountain shows, we still aren't sure today. But we are continually pulled to the story, because so much of modern sport, and our attitude toward it, springs from the scandal. Fountain traces the Black Sox story from its roots in the gambling culture that pervaded the game in the years surrounding World War I through the confusing events of the 1919 World Series itself to the noisy aftermath and trial and illuminates the moment as baseball's tipping point. Despite the clumsy unfolding of the scandal and trial and the callous treatment of the players involved, the Black Sox saga was a cleansing moment for the sport. It launched the age of the baseball commissioner, as baseball owners hired Landis and surrendered to him the control of their game. Fountain shows how sweeping changes in 1920s triggered by the scandal moved baseball away from its association with gamblers and fixers and details how Americans' attitudes toward the pastime shifted as they entered into "The Golden Age of Sport".

Situating the Black Sox events in the context of later scandals, including those involving Reds manager and player Pete Rose and the ongoing use of steroids in the game up through the present, Fountain illuminates America's near century-long fascination with the story and its continuing relevance today.

©2016 Charles Fountain (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
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The black Sox scandal

Narration is clear and enthusiastic without being over the top.

This is a detailed analysis of the scandal ensconced in historical context. The key players are all identified, their relationships scrutinized, and plausible scenarios delineated.

For baseball fans this is a must listen.

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Great Book

Every hardcore baseball fan should buy this book! If you want a story backed by facts and meticulously researched this is the book for you.

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Extremely well researched.

I thought this book was extremely well researched and poignantly assembled. By far the best book about the Black Sox scandal and the historical context that enabled its possibility.

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Fantastic Read!

I loved every minute of this book and highly recommend it. As a baseball history buff, I found it incredibly well researched and revealing of new dimensions of a story many people know but only on the surface. The narrators voice was smooth and easy to follow.

Thank you, Charles Fountain, for my new favorite sports novel.

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I’m disappointed

I really wanted to be engaged with this book. I feel I will have to actually read the hardcopy. It seems well thought and well written. My problem is the narration. While the narrator has a very good voice and is very articulate, he is boring as heck. I feel like listening to this book while driving could make me have an accident when I fall asleep.

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Great book!

One of the best books about the 1919 Black Sox I have ever read! You will love this book and all the storylines in it.

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Detailed history of early baseball and events related to the 1919 White Sox gambling scandal

I liked the discussion of baseball in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The account of the “Black Sox” was careful to separate fact from fiction and to note what is uncertain. There is a good discussion of the lives of the individuals involved in the scandal in the years after the scandal.

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Interesting Baseball History

This was a solid 3.5. I listened to it on audio, and while I thought it was well researched, there were times when it was a bit dry and I found my mind wandering. I found it interesting to learn about how the scandal shaped modern baseball and I also enjoyed the personal stories of some of the main players.

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Great telling of a truly American story

I really enjoyed the book. It covers the 1919 scandal but also provides context by covering the history of gambling and fixing of games that occurred from the 1870s up into the early 20th century.

After reading this I really would like to follow it up with an anthology of some of the sports writing presented in the book. After all this was how most of America followed the game during the time.

Here’s hoping Shoeless Joe gets into the Hall of Fame.

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Wonderful!!!

The best piece on the Black Sox scandal to date!!! Extremely well written and thorough!!

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