chicago white sox (baseball team)

"This title introduces baseball fans to the history of the Chicago White Sox MLB franchise. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, trivia, a glossary, and an index"--Provided by publisher.

Shares the life and career of Hall of Famer Urban "Red" Faber, the winningest spitball pitcher in the American baseball league.

Examines the Chicago White Sox, featuring profiles of past and present star players, and includes statistics, information on where they play, photographs, and more.

Profiles the Chicago White Sox baseball team, with information on influential players and coaches, statistics, and the team's history.

Describes the backgrounds and motives of the players, the actual plays of the series, the indictments, and the famous 1921 trial.

"[Offers a history of the sports scandal when] eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein."--Provided by publisher.

"Inside MLB profiles each of the 30 franchises in Major League Baseball. Chicago White Sox is a beginner's history of the White Sox, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers. Fun facts, anecdotes, and sidebars round out the story of each club, allowing your readers to get Inside MLB!"--Provided by the publisher.

Ty Cobb considered "Shoeless Joe" Jackson the "finest natural hitter in the history in the game." He is surely ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. His career batting average of .356 is still ranked the third best of all time (behind Ty Cobb .366 and Rogers Hornsby .358). Shoeless Joe was on his way to becoming one of the greatest players in the sport's history. And then came the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, where players participated in the throwing of the 1919 World Series by agreeing to not win. Jackson, who played for what is considered the greatest ballclub in major league history, the 1919 Chicago White Sox, was considered a participant in the scandal and banned from baseball. Many fans through the years have questioned the ban and feel that he should be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This book relates Jackson's personal point of view on the scandal that led to his ouster.