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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

I think Comiskey has gotten the rap that he was a bad guy in this due to his shabby treatment of the players and skinflint ways -- which supposedly was one of the reasons the players threw the Series. My understanding, however, is that Comiseky was not in on the fix despite being tipped off at various points (apparently every person on the planet had heard rumblings about the Series being fixed). After the players were charged and the scheme came to light, Comiskey did all that he could to salvage his team -- and that meant attempting to have them cleared criminally, etc.