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Black Sox Scandal

Index Black Sox Scandal

The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball match fixing incident in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein. [1]

121 relations: Abe Attell, Acquittal, American League, American Negro League, Amy Madigan, Arnold Rothstein, Babe Borton, Barnstorm (sports), Baseball Card Adventures, Batting average, Bernard Malamud, Bill Burns (baseball), Bill Rumler, Biogenesis baseball scandal, Boardwalk Empire, Boardwalk Empire (season 1), Buck Weaver, Charles Comiskey, Charlie Sheen, Chicago American, Chicago City Council, Chicago White Sox, Chick Gandil, Christopher Lloyd, Christy Mathewson, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Clifton James, Columbia College (New York), Commissioner of Baseball, Conspiracy to defraud, Cook County, Illinois, Curse of the Black Sox, D. B. Sweeney, Dan Gutman, David Pietrusza, David Strathairn, Dickey Kerr, Earned run average, Eddie Cicotte, Eddie Collins, Eight Men Out, Eliot Asinof, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Federal judge, Field of Dreams, Fred McMullin, Gene Dale, George Frazier (pitcher), Grand jury, ..., Hal Chase, Happy Felsch, Harl Maggert (1910s outfielder), Harry Stein (author), History of the St. Louis Browns, Hit by pitch, Home run, Hugh Fullerton, Hyman Roth, Infielder, James Earl Jones, Joe Gedeon, John Cusack, John Mahoney, John Sayles, Jonathan Coulton, Joseph J. Sullivan, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Kevin Costner, Kid Gleason, Lefty Williams, List of people banned from Major League Baseball, Lucky Luciano, Mad Men, Mad Men (season 5), Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball scandals, Mark Allen Baker, Match fixing, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Mel Durslag, Michael Rooker, Morrie Rath, Murray Head, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York Yankees, Pacific Coast League, Parimutuel betting, PBS, Pennant (sports), Philadelphia Bulletin, Plenary power, Ray Liotta, Ray Schalk, Red Faber, Reserve clause, Ring Lardner, Rogers Hornsby, Run batted in, Say It Ain't So (album), Shano Collins, Shoeless Joe (novel), Shoeless Joe Jackson, Sport (US magazine), Sports betting, Sports Illustrated, Steve Eastin, Swede Risberg, Tall tale, The Ansonia, The Godfather Part II, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Natural, The Natural (film), Ty Cobb, W. P. Kinsella, Workman Publishing Company, 1917 World Series, 1919 World Series, 1981 World Series. Expand index (71 more) »

Abe Attell

Abraham Washington "Abe" Attell (February 22, 1883 – February 7, 1970), often referred to by newspapers as "The Little Hebrew", was a boxer who became known for his record-setting, six year consecutive reign as World Featherweight Champion from 1906-1912, and his nearly consecutive ten-year reign starting in 1902.

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Acquittal

In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an offense, as far as the criminal law is concerned.

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American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.

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American Negro League

The American Negro League (ANL) was one of several Negro leagues established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated.

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Amy Madigan

Amy Marie Madigan (born September 11, 1950) is an American actress, producer, and singer.

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Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 6, 1928)Pietrusza, David.

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Babe Borton

William Baker "Babe" Borton (August 14, 1888 – July 29, 1954) was a Major League Baseball first baseman.

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Barnstorm (sports)

In athletics terminology, barnstorming refers to sports teams or individual athletes that travel to various locations, usually small towns, to stage exhibition matches.

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Baseball Card Adventures

The Baseball Card Adventures is a novel series written by Dan Gutman.

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Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball and softball.

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Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer.

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Bill Burns (baseball)

William Thomas "Bill" Burns (January 27, 1880 – June 6, 1953), nicknamed "Sleepy Bill," was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five different teams from 1908 to 1912.

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Bill Rumler

William George "Bill" Rumler (March 27, 1891 – May 26, 1966), known as James Rumler during the 1918 season, and Red Moore during the 1921 season, was a professional baseball player, whose career spanned 19 seasons, three of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the St. Louis Browns (1914, 1916–17).

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Biogenesis baseball scandal

The Biogenesis baseball scandal broke in 2013 when several Major League Baseball (MLB) players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs ("PEDs"), specifically human growth hormone, from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America.

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Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on premium cable channel HBO.

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Boardwalk Empire (season 1)

The first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire premiered on September 19, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010, consisting of 12 episodes.

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Buck Weaver

George Daniel "Buck" Weaver (August 18, 1890 – January 31, 1956) was an American shortstop and third baseman.

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Charles Comiskey

Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), also nicknamed "Commy" or "The Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner.

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Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor.

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Chicago American

The Chicago American was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois under various names until 1974.

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Chicago City Council

The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chick Gandil

Charles Arnold "Chick" Gandil (January 19, 1888 – December 13, 1970) was a professional baseball player.

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Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. Lloyd came to public attention in Northeastern theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award for his work. He made his screen debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and gained widespread recognition as Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards. Lloyd also starred as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993). Lloyd earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance in Road to Avonlea, and won an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Twenty Bucks (1993). He has done extensive voice work, including Merlock in DuckTales the Movie (1990), Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia (1997), The Woodsman in Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014), and the Hacker in PBS Kids series Cyberchase (2002–present), which earned him two further Emmy nominations. He has also been nominated for two Saturn Awards and a BIFA Award.

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Christy Mathewson

Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "The Gentleman's Hurler", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed pitcher who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants.

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Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Clifton James

George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), the sheriff in Silver Streak (1976), a Texas tycoon in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), as the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in Eight Men Out (1988), and earlier in his acting career as a prison floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

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Columbia College (New York)

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Commissioner of Baseball

The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – a constellation of leagues and clubs known as organized baseball.

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Conspiracy to defraud

Conspiracy to defraud is an offence under the common law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Curse of the Black Sox

The Curse of the Black Sox/Curse of Shoeless Joe (1919–2005) was a superstition or "scapegoat" cited as one reason for the failure of the Chicago White Sox to win the World Series from until.

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D. B. Sweeney

Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor.

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Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman (born October 19, 1955) is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction.

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David Pietrusza

David Pietrusza (born November 22, 1949 in Amsterdam, New York) is a noted historian and author.

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David Strathairn

David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor.

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Dickey Kerr

Richard Henry Kerr (July 3, 1893 – May 4, 1963) known as Dickey Kerr was a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox from –. As a rookie, he won 13 games and both his starts in the 1919 World Series, which would lead to the permanent suspensions of eight of his teammates in the Black Sox Scandal.

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Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game).

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Eddie Cicotte

Edward Victor Cicotte (June 19, 1884 – May 5, 1969), nicknamed "Knuckles", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his time with the Chicago White Sox.

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Eddie Collins

Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. (May 2, 1887 – March 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cocky", was an American professional baseball player, manager and executive.

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Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out is a 1988 sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series.

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Eliot Asinof

Eliot Asinof (July 13, 1919 – June 10, 2008) was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction best known for his writing about baseball.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American fiction writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age.

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Federal judge

Federal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state / provincial / local level.

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Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams is a 1989 American fantasy-drama sports film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, who also wrote the screenplay, adapting W. P. Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe.

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Fred McMullin

Fred Drury McMullin (October 13, 1891 – November 20, 1952) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman.

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Gene Dale

Emmett Eugene Dale (June 16, 1889 – March 20, 1958), sometimes referred to as Jean Dale, was an American professional baseball player.

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George Frazier (pitcher)

George Allen Frazier (born October 13, 1954), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1978–1987, primarily as a set-up reliever.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Hal Chase

Harold Homer Chase (February 13, 1883 – May 18, 1947), nicknamed "Prince Hal", was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball, widely viewed as the best fielder at his position.

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Happy Felsch

Oscar Emil "Happy" Felsch (August 22, 1891 – August 17, 1964) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920.

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Harl Maggert (1910s outfielder)

Harl Vestin Maggert (February 13, 1883 – January 7, 1963) was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Athletics.

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Harry Stein (author)

Harry J. Stein (born November 25, 1948)http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/stein-harry-1948 is an American author and columnist.

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History of the St. Louis Browns

The St.

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Hit by pitch

In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is a situation in which a batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher; the batter is called a hit batsman (HB).

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process.

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Hugh Fullerton

Hugh Stuart Fullerton III (10 September 1873 – 27 December 1945) was an American sportswriter of the first half of the 20th century.

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Hyman Roth

Hyman Roth (born Hyman Suchowsky) is a fictional character and antagonist in The Godfather Part II and a minor character in the novel The Godfather Returns.

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Infielder

An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor.

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Joe Gedeon

Elmer Joseph Gedeon (December 5, 1893 – May 19, 1941) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball.

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John Cusack

John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter.

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John Mahoney

Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor of stage, film, and television.

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist.

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Jonathan Coulton

Jonathan Coulton (born December 1, 1970), often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans.

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Joseph J. Sullivan

Joseph J. "Sport" Sullivan (November 2, 1870 – April 6, 1949) was an American bookmaker and gambler from Boston, Massachusetts who helped to initiate the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.

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Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis (November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death.

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Kevin Costner

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician.

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Kid Gleason

William Jethro "Kid" Gleason (October 26, 1866 – January 2, 1933) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager.

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Lefty Williams

Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams (March 9, 1893 – November 4, 1959) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball.

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List of people banned from Major League Baseball

A ban from Major League Baseball is a form of punishment levied by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) against a player, manager, executive, or other person connected with the league as a denunciation of some action that person committed that violated or tarnished the integrity of the game.

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Lucky Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born mobster and crime boss who operated mainly in the United States.

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Mad Men

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television.

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Mad Men (season 5)

The fifth season of the American television drama series Mad Men premiered on March 25, 2012, with a two-episode premiere, and concluded on June 10, 2012.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Major League Baseball scandals

There have been many dramatic on-and-off-field moments in over 130 years of Major League Baseball.

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Mark Allen Baker

Mark Allen Baker (born 27 March 1957), is a former business executive, and American author, biographer, and writer of hundreds of articles and over 20 books.

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Match fixing

In organized sports, match fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.

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Matthew J. Bruccoli

Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (August 21, 1931 – June 4, 2008)Lee Higgins, " ", The State, June 5, 2008.

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Mel Durslag

Melvin "Mel" Durslag (April 29, 1921 – July 17, 2016) was an American sportswriter.

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Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor, best known for his breakout role as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), as well as his roles as Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Merle Dixon in The Walking Dead (2010–2013), and Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and its sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).

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Morrie Rath

Morris Charles "Morrie" Rath (December 25, 1886 – November 18, 1945) was an American baseball player.

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Murray Head

Murray Seafield St George Head (born 5 March 1946) at Allmusic is an English actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album Say It Ain't So.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league operating in the Western, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.

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Parimutuel betting

Parimutuel betting (from the Pari Mutuel or mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vigorish" are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Pennant (sports)

A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.

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Philadelphia Bulletin

The Philadelphia Bulletin was a daily evening newspaper published from 1847 to 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Plenary power

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations.

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Ray Liotta

Raymond Allen Liotta (born Raymond Julian Vicimarli, December 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, and voice actor.

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Ray Schalk

Raymond William Schalk (August 12, 1892 – May 19, 1970) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout.

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Red Faber

Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (September 6, 1888 – September 25, 1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through, playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox.

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Reserve clause

The reserve clause, in North American professional sports, was part of a player contract which stated the rights to players were retained by the team upon the contract's expiration.

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Ring Lardner

Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner (March 5, 1885p. xiv – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.

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Rogers Hornsby

Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Run batted in

A run batted in (RBI), plural runs batted in (RBI or RBIs), is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play).

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Say It Ain't So (album)

Say It Ain't So is the second studio album by Murray Head.

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Shano Collins

John Francis "Shano" Collins (December 4, 1885 – September 10, 1955) was an American right fielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.

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Shoeless Joe (novel)

Shoeless Joe is a magic realist novel by Canadian author W. P. Kinsella which became better known due to its film adaptation, Field of Dreams.

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Shoeless Joe Jackson

Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American star outfielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 1900s.

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Sport (US magazine)

SPORT was an American sports magazine.

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Sports betting

Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Steve Eastin

Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor.

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Swede Risberg

Charles August "Swede" Risberg (October 13, 1894 – October 13, 1975) was a Major League Baseball shortstop.

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Tall tale

A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual.

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The Ansonia

The Ansonia is a building on the Upper West Side of New York City, located at 2109 Broadway, between West 73rd and West 74th Streets.

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The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.

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The Great Gatsby (2013 film)

The Great Gatsby is a 2013 romance drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name.

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The Natural

The Natural is a 1952 novel about baseball by Bernard Malamud, and is his debut novel.

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The Natural (film)

The Natural is a 1984 American sports drama film adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1952 baseball novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert Redford, Glenn Close, and Robert Duvall.

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Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder.

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W. P. Kinsella

William Patrick "W.

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Workman Publishing Company

Workman Publishing Company is an independent publisher of trade books and calendars, known primarily for non-fiction books along with calendars.

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1917 World Series

In the 1917 World Series, the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants four games to two.

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1919 World Series

The 1919 World Series matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds.

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1981 World Series

The 1981 World Series was the championship series of the 1981 MLB season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal

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