occasions a desire to live closer to his relatives. After the 1999 season‚ Griffey’s request was approved and he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for a couple players which involved Brett Tomko‚ Mike Cameron‚ Jake Meyer‚ and Antonio Perez. Originally‚ the expectations looked bright for Griffey in Cincinnati because the Reds had just come within one game of a playoff. Cincinnati was the city where Griffey grew up and he was very pleased to be playing on his father’s previous team. Ken Griffey‚ Jr. was
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The Great War had ended the previous Fall‚ the year was 1919. The Black Sox scandal began with the World Series in October. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team supposedly conspired to lose to the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won five to three at a time when the series could go to nine games. The scandal almost a year later became public. IN August 1921‚ a jury found the eight men innocent. The new commissioner of MLB banned them from professional baseball for
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Scandals in Baseball and Its Effect on America Baseball has always been considered as American as apple pie. If that is true than cheating should be just as American. Ever since the creation of America’s favorite pastime‚ baseball‚ cheating has been a major part of the game. Each era of baseball has showed more complex ways of cheating the game. Although‚ cheating in baseball has been around since the introduction of the game‚ only few scandals have really made history. Some of the most famous
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Pete Rose Hall of Fame Pete Rose was arguably one of the greatest baseball players to ever play the game. Many people believe he should be in the Hall of Fame‚ but others do not want him in the Hall of Fame because of his gambling. The reasons why Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame are‚ his statistics‚ his leadership‚ and how he left his mark on the game. One of the reasons why Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame is‚ because of his statistics in baseball. Pete Rose won the Rookie
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Photo:Wikipedia 1919 White Sox 1919 Black Sox Scandal  The 1919 Black Sox Scandal refers to the Chicago White Sox baseball team “ throwing” the 1919 World Series to the Cincinatti Reds. According to Wikipedia‚ the entire conflict was started by 1st Baseman Arnold “Chick” Gandil in retaliation for some of the teams’ players hatred for the owner‚ “ Charles Comiskey. Eight of the members that took the field during the 1919 World Series
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Case 5 : The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation Date : 10/1/08 Cinncinati Reds Baseball Team: Griffeys agent : Brian Goldberg‚ his negotiator for his baseball contract Jim Bowden : General manager of Team John Allen : Managing Executive‚ Bowdens’ Boss Car Lindner : Team majority owner Griffeys team at present : Seattle Mariners Pat Gillick : General Manager who is to trade Griffey to another team Chuck Armstrong : Team president and boss of Gillick. Roger Jongewaard : team vice president
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leader in hits would most un-doughtily get a player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame‚ correct? Unfortunately‚ the halls of Cooperstown have no sign of Pete Rose due to his role in unlawfully betting on baseball while a Manager for the Cincinnati Reds. The rule has been around as long as the league began in 1876. “Any player who shall‚ in any way‚ be interested in any bet or wager on the game in which he
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Cited: Pete Rose Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference‚ Inc. 4 November 2006. <http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosepe01.shtml> Erardi‚ John. "Sept. 11‚ 1985: Cincinnati ’s favorite son becomes baseball ’s Hit King with No. 4‚192 ." The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati‚ Ohio 22 September 2002. <http://reds.enquirer.com/farewell/09222002_cinmoment1.html>. ESPN.com - MLB - Pete Rose. ESPN Internet Ventures. 4 November 2006. <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlbhist/alltime/playercard
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its innocence (Douglass 1). The 1919 World Series was between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds‚ and was supposed to be easily own by the Chicago White Sox whom most felt has the superior team. The odds were 7-5 that the Sox would win every game of the series and beat the Red’s by at least two points (Solomon 1). However‚ strangely in New York‚ copious amounts of money began to be bet on the Reds winning all but one game this raised
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Even if you are the casual baseball fan‚ odds are that you have heard the infamous story of how legendary baseball player Pete Rose allegedly gambled on the game of baseball while he was a player and manager in the league. Nearly everybody has an argument for whatever side they stand on. Those advocating for Rose claim that he never bet against his team. They say that he only bet on his team to win. What could be so wrong about that? Pete Rose was confident that his team would come out on top day
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