1980s Baseball Movie
Eight Men Out is the story of baseball's biggest cheating scandal. The 1919 Chicago White Sox are playing in the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds and are expected to take the series. The White Sox players are not well paid and take money to throw the series. Newspaper reporters are suspicious about the lost and one of them publishes a story that the Series was fixed. An investigation takes place and some of the players sign confessions. Even today, this event is referred to as the Black Sox scandal. This is a fascinating period piece with a cast of amazing actors including D.B. Sweeney as Shoeless Joe Jackson. I highly recommend this film about early baseball.
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