In the fall of 1919, the Chicago White Sox played
the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. Eight players
on the White Sox, including the great "Shoeless"
Joe Jackson accepted bribe money to 'throw' the
Series, which they did. In 1921, all eight were
thrown out of baseball for life by Commissioner
Kenesaw "Mountain" Landis. Joe Jackson—one
the game's all-time great hitters (he has the third
highest batting average in the history of the game
at .356)—wrote a letter to Judge Landis asking
to be reinstated.
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