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Originally Posted by Splitter24
Eight Men Out was a great movie. But Asinof's book was written over 45 years ago. A lot more details have come out about the story since then. For a more up-to-date version of the events, I suggest reading Gene Carney's Burying The Black Sox. An absolute must read for anyone interested in the Black Sox story and/or Joe Jackson. Some of the things that you thought you knew about the scandal(s) will surprise you.
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Can you mention some of these new points? It's unlikely i'm going to go out and buy the book and read it any time soon. And if this book has some new revelations that would shine an entirely new light on the thing it would be nice to hear some of those revelations.