Esau. Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Baseball history unearthed: Rare footage of infamous 1919 ‘Black Sox’ World Series found in Yukon permafrost.Nearly 40 years after excavators stumbled upon a treasure trove of long-lost films buried in the Yukon permafrost, the collection has just yielded its latest secret: Extremely rare footage of the infamous 1919 World Series.Known to baseball historians as the sport’s “darkest hour†— and immortalized in such movies as Field of Dreams and Eight Men Out — the series saw eight Chicago White Sox players, including the the legendary “Shoeless†Joe Jackson, accused of conspiring with gamblers to intentionally lose to the Cincinnati Reds in the so-called Black Sox scandal.“I knew nobody had really looked at these prints before,†said Bill Morrison, the New York City-based filmmaker who came across the footage at Library and Archives Canada. “When I got to it, I was relatively certain I had a historical find.â€Although the film depicts one of the most signature moments in American sports, it has nevertheless spent the last four decades hiding in plain sight at a Gatineau, Que.-based preservation centre operated by Library and Archives Canada.Full article: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/05/04/baseball-history-unearthed-rare-footage-of-infamous-1919-black-sox-world-series-found-in-yukon-permafrost/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks for posting this. I absolutely love the footage of the two plays at 3:00 minute mark (grounder to short, followed by a double play). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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