eAlmanac | A Unique Online Reference Source » Professional Baseball http://www.ealmanac.com A whole new association Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:36:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Eight Men Out http://www.ealmanac.com/2920/numbers/eight-men-out/ http://www.ealmanac.com/2920/numbers/eight-men-out/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:15:24 +0000 Joel http://www.ealmanac.com/?p=2920
  • Edward Victor “Eddie” Cicotte
  • Oscar Emil “Happy” Felsch
  • Charles Arnold “Chick” Gandil
  • Joseph Jefferson “Shoeless Joe” Jackson
  • Frederick William “Fred” McMullin
  • Charles August “Swede” Risberg
  • George Daniel “Buck” Weaver
  • Claude Preston “Lefty” Williams
    • ]]>     http://www.ealmanac.com/2920/numbers/eight-men-out/feed/ 0     The Chicago Black Sox http://www.ealmanac.com/2919/colors/the-chicago-black-sox/ http://www.ealmanac.com/2919/colors/the-chicago-black-sox/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:49:24 +0000 Joel http://www.ealmanac.com/2919/colors/the-chicago-black-sox/ “The Chicago Black Sox” is a nickname given to the Chicago White Sox baseball team that became enveloped in a scandal around the 1919 World Series, the championship for Major League Baseball in the United States. Eight members of the team were accused of intentionally losing games because of payments that they had received from gangsters who were betting on the outcome.  While they were found not guilty at trial, all eight were banned for life from professional baseball.

    The nickname uses the negative sense of “black” indicating something secret, bad, or nefarious, as in “black market” or “black sites.” This usage of “black” stands in particular contrast to the “white” in the team’s real name.

    ]]>     http://www.ealmanac.com/2919/colors/the-chicago-black-sox/feed/ 0     Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe http://www.ealmanac.com/1512/numbers/ted-double-duty-radcliffe/ http://www.ealmanac.com/1512/numbers/ted-double-duty-radcliffe/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:31:31 +0000 Joel http://www.ealmanac.com/numbers/ted-double-duty-radcliffe/ Ted Radcliffe was a professional baseball player, who played for the Negro League from 1928 to 1950.  He was nicknamed “Double Duty” by Damon Ruynon.

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