As the Astros face the wrath of L.A. fans tonight for the first time, it’s worth remembering how the disgraced Black Sox ended their major-league careers in 1920 — not with boos or jeers but with rumors of more fixed games and an explosive confession: sabr.org/gamesproj/game… 
One of the most overlooked aspects of the Black Sox Scandal is how they continued to throw games in 1920. At one time or another, as Bruce Allardice writes, all of the “clean” White Sox accused their teammates of selling out all over again. sabr.org/journal/articl… #BlackSox100
Fans were not given much of a chance to boo the Black Sox on the field. By the time the story came out, the 1920 season was almost over. And when their trial ended, Commissioner Kenesaw Landis banned them for life — 100 years ago today in 1921 sabr.org/eight-myths-out #BlackSox100
But when the Black Sox did return to the field, playing outlaw games in the Midwest in the weeks after their trial ended, some fans let loose. Eddie Cicotte was especially jeered for wearing his red, white & blue stockings from the 1917 WS. jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/brin… #BlackSox100
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