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- 1Black Sox Scandal: Eight White Sox Players Indicted, September 28, 1920●"Eight Players On White Sox Team Indicted Today" September 28, 1920 # OTD # BlackSox # Baseball
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.
- 2Black Sox Scandal Remembered on Anniversary of 1920 Indictments▼Today in Labor History September 28, 1920: Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted by a grand jury for cons
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.