BASEBALL TRIVIA #3
While I am hard at work on the next Lancer book "The Santa Fe Affair"
the 2017 baseball season is fast approaching. Spring Training is here
and here is the next baseball trivia question.
My hope is to put a new baseball trivia question up each day on Twitter
and Facebook with the answer provided here. No points, not prizes but
just a lot of fun. Come back daily for a new answer to the posted
question. Thanx for joining me and have fun...
Trivia question #3
He never won more than 8 games and finished 30-52 pitching for 8 teams but what was Sleepy Bill Burns was better known for?
a. 2 no-hitters
b. Black Sox Scandal
c. 3 Wild pitches in inning
d. ran bases backwards
The answer:A key figure in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal it was Burns, probably under the direction of gambler Arnold Rothstein, who offered players money to throw the World Series.
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