first baseman Chick Gandil , because of his immense hatred of White Sox owner Charles Comiskey. The Red eventually won the World Series five games to three , but the victory was not completely clean.(13) The Black Sox scandal of 1919 epitomized the turbulent year baseball went through and put a sour taste in the mouths of baseball fans for the years to come. The decade from 1910-1920 saw an American League overpowering dominance in the World Series. The American League Philadelphia A’s won in 1910 , 1911 , and 1913. The American League team from Boston won in 1912 , 1915, 1916, and 1918. The Chicago White Sox from the American League won their only title of the decade in 1917. The two National League victories came in 1914 by Boston of the National League and in 1919 by Cincinnati Reds in the infamous Black Sox scandal series. The decade between 1910-1920 was a decade marked by the war , scandals , and displayed American League dominance. The new decade from 1920-1930 started with a bang , beginning with “ the greatest” season “yet in baseball history.” (14) The decade brought about the emergence of the superstar. Individual players were immensely popular and important to their team's success. They broke records , changed the game of baseball , and dominated during their time. During the season of 1920 six teams broke their previous attendance records and an emerging star known as George Herman Ruth was the reason . Babe “ Ruth defies analysis. He was an original , an unbridled , bigger-than-life character whose approach to...
