Blogger Assignment #1

The topic that I've chosen to cover about Joe Jackson is his confession and the trial surrounding the Black Sox Scandal.  I chose this angle to cover the event because honestly, sports never really interested me much.  I would much rather find out about the people that took part in the event rather than find out about its effects on baseball or any other related topics.  To initially find information I began with the links on the course's mind map, then by using the generic and heavily over used google search, and finally by asking my father what he knew about it (since unlike me he is ridiculously in love with sports).  I also did a search of the topic on the Ganser library web site but didn't find anything overly useful that I hadn't already come across.  The most useful resources I've found up to this point are an article done by ESPN (http://espn.go.com/classic/s/black_sox_moments.html) and a book that my father had called Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and The 1919 World Series.  My basic understanding of the topic so far is that eight players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the world series in order to make money.  They originally had aroused suspicion of such actions because they were deemed to be one of the best teams in baseball's history and for them to lose so easily was not possible.  There are also many references to the event through out popular culture, including such media as the movie, "Field of Dreams".