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Shoeless Joe Jackson’s Legacy. The “Black Sox” scandal of the 1919 Chicago White Sox is one of the most disappointing occurrences in the history of major league baseball. It’s a sad day whenever a player, coach, or executive compromises the integrity of the game. And having eight players conspire to throw a World Series compromises […] READ MORE
The Zimmerman Chase and World Series of 1917 U-boats and the Zimmermann Telegram World War I had been raging for nearly three years when Great Britain intercepted an encrypted telegram. The telegram was sent from the German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann, to the German minister to Mexico Heinrich Von Eckhart. The British deciphered the message […] READ MORE
Benjamin Sabin is a baseball historian and writer. He has had various articles published by the Society For American Baseball Research (SABR). He is a lifelong San Francisco Giants fan, but he loves all things baseball. He is married, has a daughter, and two cats.