The Black Sox Scandal

<p>The <strong>Black Sox Scandal</strong> was a <a title="Major League Baseball" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> <a title="Match fixing" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_fixing">game-fixing</a> scandal in which eight members of the <a title="Chicago White Sox" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> were accused of throwing the <a title= "1919 World Series" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_World_Series">1919 World Series</a> against the <a title="Cincinnati Reds" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> in exchange for money from a <a title= "Sports betting" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_betting">gambling</a> syndicate led by <a title="Arnold Rothstein" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein">Arnold Rothstein</a>. Judge <a title="Kenesaw Mountain Landis" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis">Kenesaw Mountain Landis</a> was appointed as a response to the incident to be the first <a title="Commissioner of Baseball" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball">Commissioner of Baseball</a>, and given absolute control over the sport to restore its integrity.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/citationpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our Patreon page here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  Be sure to check</span> <a href= "http://citationpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more details.</span></p>