{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Black Sox Scandal","description":"The&amp;nbsp;Black Sox Scandal&amp;nbsp;was a&amp;nbsp;Major League Baseball&amp;nbsp;game-fixing&amp;nbsp;scandal in which eight members of the&amp;nbsp;Chicago White Sox&amp;nbsp;were accused of throwing the&amp;nbsp;1919 World Series&amp;nbsp;against the&amp;nbsp;Cincinnati Reds&amp;nbsp;in exchange for money from a&amp;nbsp;gambling&amp;nbsp;syndicate led by&amp;nbsp;Arnold Rothstein. Judge&amp;nbsp;Kenesaw Mountain Landis&amp;nbsp;was appointed as a response to the incident to be the first&amp;nbsp;Commissioner of Baseball, and given absolute control over the sport to restore its integrity.  Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you\u2019d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check our website for more details. ","author_name":"Citation Needed","author_url":"http:\/\/citationpod.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20408813\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/110887607"}