Posted By:
Josh Adams"And just cause he hit poorly in the series it didn't mean he was on the take. If thats the case Dave Winfield who hat 1 hit in the 1981 World Series shouldn't be in the Hall either."
On first blush, that does have some appeal. However, I will have to disagree with you Jay. While Winfield only had one hit in the '81 Series, there was no fix or conspiracy to throw the entire World Series. Alternatively, there WAS a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series, where only select games were fixed.
Based upon the numbers from the games in the 1919 Series, certain players hit better in games that were not fixed, and hit worse in games that were not. If Cicotte pitched poorly in Game 1 and lost (a game that was fixed), why can it not stand that Jackson, Weaver, Gandil, et al., also played poorly in a fxied game, but then hit well in games that were not fixed?
While hitting well/poorly is not 100 % proof that certain players were in on the conspiracy, it raises the presumption of such in 1919, while has some superficial appeal in 1981.
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