Eight Men Out
The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
ISBN10: 0805065377
ISBN13: 9780805065374
Trade Paperback
336 Pages
$19.99
CA$26.99
Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the story of the infamous scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the Series to Cincinnati. Scene by scene, he describes the tense meetings, the hitches in the conniving, the actual plays in which the Series was thrown, the Grand Jury indictment, and the famous 1921 trial. Further, he examines the motives and backgrounds of the players and the conditions that made the improbable fix all too possible. Here, too, is a graphic picture of the American underworld that managed the fix, the deeply shocked newspapermen who uncovered the story, and the war-exhausted nation that turned with relief and pride to the Series, only to be rocked by the scandal.
Far more than a baseball story, Eight Men Out is a compelling contemporary classic will appeal to all those interested in the history of American popular culture.
Reviews
Praise for Eight Men Out
"The most thorough investigating of the Black Sox scandal on record . . . A vividly, excitingly written book."—Chicago Tribune
"Dramatic detail . . . An admirable journalistic feat."—The New York Times
Reviews from Goodreads
BOOK EXCERPTS
Read an Excerpt
I
THE FIX
"Arnold Rothstein is a man who waits
in doorways … a mouse, waiting in
the doorway for his cheese."
—William J. Fallon
1
On the morning of October 1, 1919, the sun rose in a clear...