I was interested in the topic sports because I grew up watching baseball. My family and I always connected watching and playing sports. I wanted to do more in depth research and learn the history behind some of the scandals involved, particularly baseball. One event in particular was the Black Sox Scandal, and the player involved was Shoeless Joe Jackson. When I was younger I remember reading a book on Shoeless Joe Jackson and immediately was curious about the reasons behind the scandal.
Once I choose my topic I began to research. I visited the D2L website and went on the mind map to look up an article. The article 1919 Black Sox was very helpful, and provided a time line, biographies, each individual game in the series and much more. The website was broken into individual topics and categories. I visited each one and took notes on all the information. There were several extra links on this website that brought me to magazine articles, newspaper readings, and book sources. One newspaper article in particular was very helpful and provided a source in my bibliography. It also provided some quotes from the players and bystanders.
After doing some research I narrowed it down to the Black Sox Scandal as my event and Shoeless Joe Jackson as my mediator. Shoeless Joe Jackson was one of the eight players involved in the fix. I would like to do further research and find out the reasons why the players fixed the series, and if Shoeless Joe Jackson was truly involved. I want to learn more about the eight player's personalities and characteristics that were involved, and how they were affected after the scandal. Also I wanted to know how the scandal affected society around the 1920's, and who in particular was affected. I want to know how the Black Sox scandal affected todays baseball and baseball players. Apparently, this World Series fix changed the way the game of baseball was played and governed. It is one of the most serious and biggest scandals in baseball history.
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