Nearly one hundred years ago, the Chicago White Sox were embroiled in one of the largest gambling scandals in the history of professional sport.After finishing the regular season with the best record in the American League, the Sox lost the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, five games to three (a best of nine series that season). Allegations were then levied against eight of the ‘Black Sox’ who were said to have fixed the World Series games for gamblers.Summoned before a grand jury, a number of players …