Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Doccument Claims Cubs Let Red Sox Win 1918 World Series

Court Documents from a deposition in 1920 claim that the Chicago Cubs threw the world Series against Boston have recently come into light.


The documents, which site the testimony of Eddie Cicotte, one of the many Black Sox banned after the infamous 1919 world series, claims that the Black Sox got the idea from the Cubs previous World Series Endeavor.


Although Cicotte's deposition lacks specifics, including names and dates, many in the baseball community are saying that the idea of trading money for throwing series is not that far fetched given the fact that players in those days were mostly poor and classified as "working stiffs."


The 1918 World Series was the last title for the Red Sox until their heralded title in 2004.


Cicotte passed away in 1969, forever tarnished by his part in the 1919 fix.

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