1919 World Series

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The 1919 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 1919 season. The 16th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League (AL) champion Chicago White Sox against the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. Although most World Series have been of the best-of-seven format, the 1919 World Series was a best-of-nine series (along with 1903, 1920, and 1921). The National Baseball Commission decided to try the best-of-nine format partly to increase popularity of the sport and partly to generate more revenue. The events of the 1919 World Series are often associated with the Black Sox Scandal, in which several members of the Chicago franchise conspired with gamblers, allegedly led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein, to throw the series. This led the various franchise owners to install Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first Commissioner of Baseball in 1920. In August 1921, despite being acquitted from criminal charges, eight players from...

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