The Cincinnati Reds will face the Chicago Cubs in the MLB Field of Dreams Game on Thursday, but did you know that the Cincinnati connection to the game (and movie of the same name) runs much deeper?
Over 100 years ago in 1919, the Reds defeated the Chicago White Sox, who were heavily favored to win, in a game that earned the team its first World Series championship. But that wasn't the end of the story: In 1920, eight White Sox players, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, were indicted for conspiring with gamblers to “fix” the World Series.