Why does Major League Baseball still regard the Cincinnati Reds as rightful champions in 1919 when that year's World Series was tainted by the Black Sox scandal? Shouldn't the title have been
![100 years ago, White Sox players conspired to throw the 1919 World Series. Here's how the Chicago Tribune covered the best-of-nine series. – Chicago Tribune 100 years ago, White Sox players conspired to throw the 1919 World Series. Here's how the Chicago Tribune covered the best-of-nine series. – Chicago Tribune](https://graphics.chicagotribune.com/chicago-white-sox-1919-world-series-pages/img/secondgame_boxscore.jpg)
100 years ago, White Sox players conspired to throw the 1919 World Series. Here's how the Chicago Tribune covered the best-of-nine series. – Chicago Tribune
![October 1, 1919: Favored White Sox, Cicotte pummeled by Reds in World Series opener – Society for American Baseball Research October 1, 1919: Favored White Sox, Cicotte pummeled by Reds in World Series opener – Society for American Baseball Research](https://sabr.org/sites/default/files/Dutch%20Ruether.jpg)