Black Sox

On this day in 1920, a grand jury indicted eight Chicago White Sox players for allegedly conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. The scheme, which became known as the Black Sox Scandal, rocked baseball and led to the players being banned from the sport for life. It remains one of the most infamous episodes in American sports history.

On September 28, 1920, a grand jury indicted eight Chicago White Sox players for conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series, the episode known as the Black Sox Scandal. The players were acquitted at trial, but were nonetheless permanently banned from baseball. The anniversary is being marked in labor history circles, drawing renewed attention to one of baseball's most infamous scandals.

Archived MLB records show the Boston Red Sox defeated the Black Yankees 2-1 in a game played on September 14, 1941. The Black Yankees were a Negro league team that frequently faced major league clubs in exhibitions. Such listings from MLB's Gameday archive draw attention to the era of segregated baseball and the teams that competed outside the American and National Leagues.

A final score from August 26, 1941 is drawing attention: the Boston Red Sox lost 1-6 to the Cubans, a Negro league ballclub. The archived result, surfaced on MLB's Gameday database, revives interest in the exhibition and Negro league history, including the era when white major league teams regularly faced Black and Cuban teams whose records are still being recognised today.

MLB's Gameday section carries a final score from September 14, 1941, listing the Boston Red Sox beating the Black Yankees 6-5. The result, more than eight decades old, features the Black Yankees, a famed Negro leagues team, playing against an American League club. The listing of such a historic matchup alongside modern scores has drawn attention to how MLB is incorporating Negro leagues history into its records.