In 1919, the world of baseball was hit with a scandal, the likes of which has never been seen before in professional sports. Throughout the course of the World Series and the investigations that followed, baseball ultimately was changed forever. The effects of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal were far-reaching, as baseball itself was altered, and the culture and society that surrounded the sport was changed as well. Before the 1919 fix, baseball and betting had been practically intertwined. From the origins of baseball in the 1860’s, baseball had intrigued the minds of bettors. To these bettors, baseball became the gamble of choice. It allowed a “…pleasant, even exciting afternoon in the sunlight, an event to which a gentleman could take his lady