{"product_id":"2940152024661","title":"Scandal on the South Side: The 1919 Chicago White Sox","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Sox Scandal is a cold case, not a closed case. When Eliot Asinof wrote his classic history about the fixing of the 1919 World Series, Eight Men Out, he told a dramatic story of undereducated and underpaid Chicago White Sox ballplayers, disgruntled by their low pay and poor treatment by team management, who fell prey to the wiles of double-crossing big-city gamblers offering them bribes to lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, and the other Black Sox players were all banned from organized baseball for life. But the real story is a lot more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe now have access to information that changes what we know about “baseball’s darkest hour”—including rare film footage from that fateful fall classic, legal documents from the criminal and civil court proceedings, and accurate salary information for major-league players and teams. All of these new pieces to the Black Sox puzzle provide definitive answers to some old mysteries and raise other questions in their place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, the Black Sox Scandal isn’t the only story worth telling about the 1919 Chicago White Sox. The team roster included three future Hall of Famers, a 20-year-old spitballer who would go on to win 300 games in the minor leagues, and even a batboy who later became a celebrity with the “Murderers’ Row” New York Yankees in the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll of their stories are included in Scandal on the South Side, which has full-life biographies on each of the 31 players who made an appearance for the White Sox in 1919, plus a comprehensive recap of Chicago’s pennant-winning season, the tainted World Series, and the sordid aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book isn’t a rewriting of Eight Men Out, but it is the complete story of everyone associated with the 1919 Chicago White Sox. The Society for American Baseball Research invites you to learn more about the Black Sox Scandal and the infamous team at the center of it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from Adrian Marcewicz, Andy Sturgill, Brian Cooper, Brian McKenna, Brian Stevens, Bruce Allardice, Dan Lindner, Daniel Ginsburg, David Fleitz, David Fletcher, Gregory H. Wolf, Irv Goldfarb, Jack Morris, Jacob Pomrenke, James E. Elfers, James R. Nitz, Jim Sandoval, John Heeg, Kelly Boyer Sagert and Rod Nelson, Lyle Spatz, Paul Mittermeyer, Peter Morris, Richard Smiley, Rick Huhn, Russell Arent, Steve Cardullo, Steve Steinberg, Steven G. McPherson, and William F. Lamb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Offseason 1918-19, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eJoe Benz, William F. Lamb\u003cbr\u003eEddie Cicotte, Jim Sandoval\u003cbr\u003eEddie Collins, Paul Mittermeyer\u003cbr\u003eShano Collins, Andy Sturgill\u003cbr\u003eDave Danforth, Steve Steinberg\u003cbr\u003eRed Faber, Brian Cooper\u003cbr\u003eHappy Felsch, James R. Nitz\u003cbr\u003eChick Gandil, Daniel Ginsburg\u003cbr\u003eJoe Jackson, David Fleitz\u003cbr\u003eBill James, Steven G. McPherson\u003cbr\u003eJoe Jenkins, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eDickey Kerr, Adrian Marcewicz\u003cbr\u003eNemo Leibold, Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eGrover Lowdermilk, James E. Elfers\u003cbr\u003eByrd Lynn, Russell Arent\u003cbr\u003eErskine Mayer, Lyle Spatz\u003cbr\u003eHervey McClellan, Jack Morris\u003cbr\u003eTom McGuire, Jack Morris\u003cbr\u003eFred McMullin, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eEddie Murphy, John Heeg\u003cbr\u003eWin Noyes, Bruce Allardice\u003cbr\u003ePat Ragan, Andy Sturgill\u003cbr\u003eSwede Risberg, Kelly Boyer Sagert and Rod Nelson\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Robertson, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eReb Russell, Richard Smiley\u003cbr\u003eRay Schalk, Brian Stevens\u003cbr\u003eFrank Shellenback, Brian McKenna\u003cbr\u003eJohn Sullivan, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eBuck Weaver, David Fletcher\u003cbr\u003eRoy Wilkinson, William F. Lamb\u003cbr\u003eLefty Williams, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eOwner: Charles Comiskey, Irv Goldfarb\u003cbr\u003eManager: Kid Gleason, Dan Lindner\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Manager: Harry Grabiner, Steve Cardullo\u003cbr\u003eExecutive: Tip O’Neill, Brian McKenna\u003cbr\u003eBatboy: Eddie Bennett, Peter Morris\u003cbr\u003eWalking Off to the World Series, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eThe 1919 World Series: A Recap, Rick Huhn\u003cbr\u003eThe Pitching Depth Dilemma, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003e1919 American League Salaries, Jacob Pomrenke\u003cbr\u003eThe Black Sox Scandal, William F. Lamb\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Offseason 1919-20, Jacob Pomrenke\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Society for American Baseball Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181102088432,"sku":"2940152024661","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152024661_p0.jpg?v=1764020409","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152024661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}