BASEBALL'S DARKEST HOUR BLACK SOX SCANDAL TAINTED '19 REDS TITLE.(SPORTS) From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: June 10, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Marc Hardin Post contributor

When the Reds play the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Cinergy Field, the game will be part of an historic occasion - the first week of interleague contests in major-league history.

The last time the Reds and White Sox played for keeps - almost 78 years ago - they also were involved in a momentous event whose effects still are being felt today.

Gamblers plotted with some White Sox players to throw the 1919 World Series to the Reds in what became known as the ''Black Sox'' Series.

In 1919, baseball was rebounding from the ...

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