Taking a Look at the 1919 World Series

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The World Series is the annual championship series of North American based Major League Baseball. This is a series of seven games played every year at the end of the season between the single best team from both the National and American League. There are 30 overall teams in Major League Baseball; 14 in the American League and 16 in the National League. The two teams that go to the World Series are decided based on who does the best and wins the after season playoffs.
The 1919 World Series was a significant one in that it was the first World Series ever thrown. It was a best of 9 game series and it had a major influence on the rules of the Major League Baseball.
Eight of the White Sox players were bribed in order for them to throw the game. The players involved were: Eddie Cicotte and Claude Williams (pitchers), Joe Jackson and Oscar Felsch (outfielders), Arnold Gandil (first baseman), Fred Mcmullin (reserve infielder), Charles Risberg (Shortstop), and Buck Weaver (third baseman). After losing the first two games, the players had not received the money in full so they persuaded t...

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