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Ice Fishing, Christmas Trees, And Booze: One Spy's Failed Infiltration Of The Black SoxExcerpted from The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball, by Charles Fountain....

Rob Manfred Kicks Shoeless Joe Jackson Back Into The GraveThe appointment of a new MLB commissioner is always a good time for certain special interest groups—spitball enthusiasts, Montreal baseball fans, Pete Rose truthers—to begin seeking favors. “Maybe,” they think, “the new commissioner will be more reasonable than the last!” This is presumably why the ...

Watch Rare Footage Of The Black Sox Throwing The 1919 World SeriesWhat we have here is, to my knowledge, the best* surviving footage of the 1919 World Series. It's pretty amazing, not least because it allows you to watch the infamous Black Sox actually throwing a game....

Kill The HOF Character Clause, For The Sake Of The Writers

Originally published in Bloomberg View....