{"product_id":"black-sox-in-the-courtroom-william-f-lamb-9780786472680","title":"Black Sox in the Courtroom | William F. 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Lamb\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\"\u003e\n        \u003cth style=\"text-align: left; padding: 10px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #8B0000;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/th\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; color: #1a1a1a;\"\u003eTrade Paperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\"\u003e\n        \u003cth style=\"text-align: left; padding: 10px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #8B0000;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; color: #1a1a1a;\"\u003eMcFarland \u0026amp; Company, Inc., Publishers\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\"\u003e\n        \u003cth style=\"text-align: left; padding: 10px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #8B0000;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; color: #1a1a1a;\"\u003eMarch 29, 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\"\u003e\n        \u003cth style=\"text-align: left; padding: 10px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #8B0000;\"\u003ePage Count\u003c\/th\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; color: #1a1a1a;\"\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003cth style=\"text-align: left; padding: 10px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #8B0000;\"\u003eSubjects\u003c\/th\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; color: #1a1a1a;\"\u003eBaseball History, Legal Trials, Historical True Crime\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n  \u003c\/table\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color: #8B0000; font-size: 1.25em; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eExtended Synopsis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlack Sox in the Courtroom\u003c\/em\u003e, William F. Lamb provides a comprehensive, non-partisan account of the judicial proceedings spawned by the corruption of the 1919 World Series. Drawing from surviving fragments of the judicial record, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, and museum archives, the book offers a deep dive into the legal fallout of baseball's most notorious gambling scandal. Preceding the detailed accounts of the trials, the narrative sets the stage with a brief overview of the era's baseball gambling problem and a summary of the events that presaged the revelations of the fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eRather than attempting to be another definitive retelling of the scandal itself, Lamb uniquely focuses on how the matter played out in the legal system. The text meticulously reconstructs the grand jury proceedings, the criminal trial, and the ensuing civil suits initiated by various banned players against the Chicago White Sox. Accompanied by copious source citations, this indispensable work concludes with an analytical survey of how these complex legal proceedings have been treated across decades of Black Sox literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color: #8B0000; font-size: 1.25em; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul style=\"margin-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrimary Source Research:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crafted from surviving judicial records, museum archives, and contemporaneous newspaper coverage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComprehensive Legal Breakdown:\u003c\/strong\u003e Details the grand jury investigations, the resulting criminal trial, and the subsequent civil litigation initiated by the players.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/strong\u003e Explores the broader scope of early 20th-century sports gambling leading up to the 1919 World Series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary Survey:\u003c\/strong\u003e Examines and critiques how the legal aspects of the scandal have been portrayed in historical literature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color: #8B0000; font-size: 1.25em; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eReader Targeting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul style=\"margin-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003eBaseball historians and sports enthusiasts seeking a factual, non-partisan look at the 1919 World Series scandal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003eLegal professionals, scholars, and students researching historical criminal trials and civil litigation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003eTrue crime readers interested in deep archival research and judicial proceedings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color: #8B0000; font-size: 1.25em; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam F. Lamb\u003c\/strong\u003e is a researcher and author focused on early twentieth-century baseball history. His scholarly work meticulously examines the intersection of sports, gambling, and the American legal system, bringing clarity and historical accuracy to the complex judicial proceedings of the Black Sox scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n  {\n    \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"Book\",\n    \"name\": \"Black Sox in the Courtroom: The Grand Jury, Criminal Trial and Civil Litigation\",\n    \"author\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Person\",\n      \"name\": \"William F. 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