The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. Gamblers take advantage of this opportunity to offer some players $ to throw the series (Most of the players didn't get as much as promised.) But Buck Weaver and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson turn back at the last minute to try and play their best. The Sox actually almost come back from a 3-1 deficit. 2 years later, the truth breaks out and the Sox are sued on multiple accounts. They are found innocent by the jury but baseball commissioner Landis has other plans. The eight players are suspended for life, and Buck Weaver, for the rest of his life, tries to clear his name.
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Jace Alexander | Dickie Kerr - The Team |
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John Cusack | Buck Weaver - The Team |
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Gordon Clapp | Ray Schalk - The Team |
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Don Harvey | Swede Risberg - The Team |
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Bill Irwin | Eddie Collins - The Team |
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Perry Lang | Fred McMullin - The Team |
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John Mahoney | Kid Gleason - The Team |
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James Read | Lefty Williams - The Team |
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Michael Rooker | Chick Gandil - The Team |
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Charlie Sheen | Hap Felsch - The Team |
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David Strathairn | Eddie Cicotte - The Team |
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D.B. Sweeney | 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson - The Team |
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James Desmond | Smitty - The Writers |
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John Sayles | Ring Lardner - The Writers |
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Studs Terkel | Hugh Fullerton - The Writers |
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Richard Edson | Billy Maharg - The Gamblers |
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Michael Lerner | Arnold Rothstein - The Gamblers |
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Christopher Lloyd | Bill Burns - The Gamblers |
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Michael Mantell | Abe Attell - The Gamblers |
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Kevin Tighe | Sport Sullivan - The Gamblers |
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Eliot Asinof | Heydler - The Owners |
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Clyde Bassett | Ban Johnson - The Owners |
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Clifton James | Charles Comiskey - The Owners |
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John D. Craig | Rothstein's Lawyer - The Lawyers |
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Michael Laskin | Austrian - The Lawyers |
| Director | John Sayles |
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| Writer | Eliot Asinof, John Sayles | |
| Producer | Barbara Boyle, Jerry Offsay, Sarah Pillsbury, Peggy Rajski, Midge Sanford | |
| Musician | Mason Daring | |
| Photography | Robert Richardson | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Purchased | On Nov 04, 2012 |
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| Quantity | 0 |
| Index | 1925 |
| Added Date | Mar 22, 2018 00:00:00 |
| Modified Date | Mar 03, 2025 21:38:58 |