Comments on: 1920 Black Sox and Knowledge Gaps

By: Alexa20

Alexa20 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:03:08 +0000

Thank you for the superior issue associated with this good topic. But to see the professional essay writing all students must know some facts just about buy paper.

By: Jhohnny

Jhohnny — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:28:10 +0000

Good pic of Happy Felsch, errr… Charlie Harper

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/31141u.jpg

By: Creston

Creston — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:04:03 +0000

“what is the purpose of the Hall of Fame, to show baseball history (both its highs and lows) through the finest players or to present a sanitized version of baseball history through the finest players whose actions are acceptable to MLB and the baseball writers of America.”

The Hall of Fame does NOT exist to show baseball history. The Hall of Fame MUSEUM does that. The Hall of Fame is a place to enshrine the game’s greatest players. Nothing more, nothing less. And yes, there’s tons of guys in there who have nothing to do with the “game’s greatest players.”

History has zero usefulness in the Hall of Fame.

By: Creston

Creston — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:55:19 +0000

I learned about Amelia Earhart from the movie Sahara…

By: MU Dylan

MU Dylan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:49:01 +0000

“Cowboy” Bill Irwin versus Bruno Sammartino would have been a decent match circa 1979, although Bruno would have almost certainly been victorious — so long as Larry Zybysko wasn’t around anywhere.

By: steveo

steveo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:12:41 +0000

amelia earhart is also, somewhat ironically, the name of the denver NBC affiliate’s traffic copter lady.

and she’s gorgeous.

By: Homerun

Homerun — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:34:17 +0000

Maybe somebody else noted this, but let’s not forget that the HOF changed their eligibility rules AFTER the Dowd report came out. It would be hard to argue it was not changed specifically to keep the Hit King out of the HOF.

By: Gene Carney

Gene Carney — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:37:57 +0000

I got curious about the Black Sox about 6 years ago and starting digging into the story and am still hooked. As I have talked about my research all over the country, I find many fans are shocked that the 1919 Series was fixed (they are not familiar with 8MO, or think it is fiction) … and those familiar with the movie have no idea that the fix was covered up for a year. That year, between the Series and the end of the cover-up in late Sept 1920, is the focus of “Burying the Black Sox” (Potomac Books, 2006). I’m working on a sequel — this is a cold case, not a closed one, and we will learn a lot more when the “new” documents at the Chicago History Museum (they paid $100,000 for them last December at an auction) are accessible.

Gene Carney

By: The Guz

The Guz — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:17:43 +0000

Really enjoyed your column on the 1920 B.S. You are not the only one who didn’t know that a good portion of the 1920 season went on before punishments were handed down. The 1920 White Sox were cruising towards another pennant (they had also won the 1917 Series) in what could have been a dynasty. That team is also the answer to a trivia question. That question is: “What team was the first to feature four 20-game winners?”

Lots of trivia buffs from our generation will answer with the 1970 Orioles: Palmer, Cuellar, McNally and Dobson. However, the Sox had done it 50 years earlier. Don’t know if they were the first, or the only team other than the O’s, but I think so.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:11:42 +0000

And as an addendum, Hidalgo’s first three games in 2001:

6 for 12 with 3 homers, 1 2B and 1 3B, 10 RBI, .500/.571/1.500 line.

Over a 27 game stretch, Hidalgo had 30 XBH and a slugging percentage of just over 1.100. Not too bad.