Before the 1919 World Series, gaining fame with his spitball. Faber was born in a house about 5 miles outside Cascade, a Dubuque County town of about 2,100 (1,200 when Faber was growing up).

Cascade native Red Faber didn't pitch in the 1919 World Series. But had he been healthy, the most infamous World Series may have ended differently.

Before the 1919 World Series, gaining fame with his spitball. Faber was born in a house about 5 miles outside Cascade, a Dubuque County town of about 2,100 (1,200 when Faber was growing up).

Happy Felsch. An outfielder, Felsch was also part of the 1919 White Sox. He publicly admitted taking $5,000, just over $93,400 in today’s money, to help lose the World Series, in which he hit ...

In the end, eight White Sox players are indicted for conspiring to fix the 1919 World Series. Baseball, the sports world, and the city of Chicago would never be the same. - Play ball!

One hundred years ago, eight Chicago White Sox players schemed to throw the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, ... “Sure, there were gamblers trying to fix the Series.

Hal Chase (L) and Arnold Rothstein (R) who fixed the 1919 World Series. Photo by Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons/Canva. But pretty soon, ...

Restauranteur Grant DePorter, right, uses a plastic bag to carry a baseball from the 1919 World Series as developer Lee Golub follows on Aug. 24, 2022.

1920 — A Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series, known as the “Black Sox Scandal.” White Sox owner Charles Comiskey ...

A new season of baseball is upon us as the Cincinnati Reds chase their next World Series championship. ... IN OCTOBER 1919, ... “And that was a signal that the fix was in.” ...

Manfred reinstated 17 other banned players as well, including members of the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series, including the team’s star “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.