What tightwad owner’s low salaries do some historians cite as a major reason players agreed to fix the 1919 World Series?

bigponder

Charles Comiskey, the owner of the Chicago White Sox. Jun 01 06, 4:48 AM

zbeckabee

In 1988 a movie came out called "Eight Men Out." It was the story about the fix of the baseball World Series in 1919 by the Chicago White Sox because their owner, Charles Comiskey, had promised them a bonus if they won the pennant that year and went on to the World Series. During my research, I found out that the movie accurately portrayed what actually happened that year. And what was their bonus? A case of cheap champagne. Comiskey frequently made promises to the ball team that he had no intentions of keeping. Comiskey even charged his players for laundering their uniforms. In protest, for several weeks the players wore the same increasingly filthy uniforms and Comiskey removed the uniforms and fined each player. To make matters worse, the players did not get along with each other as portrayed in the movie. Their constant infighting was marked by jealousy and verbal abuse. http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/may/article255.html Jun 01 06, 7:38 AM