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Eight Men Out

1988, Movie, 2h

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

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Critic Angie Errigo

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...Eight Men Out is a meticulously detailed period drama about the Black Sox scandal of 1919, when eight players from the Chicago White Sox, then the finest in the game, were tried on charges of conspiracy.

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In 1919, the Chicago White Sox, a team of highly skilled baseball players, deliberately lost the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from gamblers. The team's owner, Charles Comiskey, was notoriously stingy when it came to paying his players, which led to their discontent and willingness to participate in the fix. Several players, including Eddie Cicotte, Swede Risberg, and Lefty Williams, were involved in the scheme, while others, such as Buck Weaver and "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, were not. The team's manager, Kid Gleason, was unaware of the fix and continued to play his players as usual. As the series progressed, the White Sox played poorly and lost several games, leading to suspicions from journalists and fans. Despite the scandal, the team managed to win a few games, but ultimately lost the series. An investigation ensued, and several players were banned from professional baseball for life. The incident remains one of the darkest moments in baseball history, tarnishing the reputation of the sport and leading to stricter rules and regulations to prevent similar scandals in the future.

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