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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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

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