The Original Curse: Did the Cubs Throw the 1918 World Series to Babe Ruth's Red Sox and Incite the Black Sox Scandal? 9780071633857, 0071633855, 9780071629973, 0071629971

IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF EIGHT MEN OUT. . . the untold story of baseball's ORIGINAL SCANDAL Did the Chicago Cubs t

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The Original Curse: Did the Cubs Throw the 1918 World Series to Babe Ruth's Red Sox and Incite the Black Sox Scandal?
 9780071633857, 0071633855, 9780071629973, 0071629971

Table of contents :
1.Undeniable Popularity, Unmatched Futility2.Baseball 3.Gambling 4.The Cubs 5.World War I and Ballplayers 6.The Perfect Backdrop 7.Looking Up 8.Cheats and Drunks 9.The Curious Case of Charlie Hollocher 10.Hippo, Lefty, Max and Mann 11.Facing the Babe 12.The Far-Reaching Hand of War: Games 1 and 2 13.Just Enough to Lose: Games 3 and 4 14.Bolsheviks: Game 5 15.Flak for Max 16.From the Eyes of a Player 17.Other Finger-Pointers 18.Gambling Exposed 19.The Aftermath, Then and Now 20.100 Years of Heartbreak

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