A look at some of the darkest days in the history of baseball: Sept. 29, 1920 — In an account published in The New York Times, Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte says that he and several teammates agreed to throw the 1919 World Series in exchange for cash, in a scheme hatched by a pair of professional gamblers.
Posted: December 13th, 2007.
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