Did Congress hold hearings after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal?

[bluestateguy]

Did they tie up days and days of legislative business with hearings on the Black Sox Scandal? Did they call in Shoeless Joe Jackson to testify? I'd just like to know.

[davidinalameda]

1. didn't he go to jail?

[bluestateguy]

3. No, they were all acquitted

The grand jury records of their confessions disappaered. The jury was chock full of White Sox fans, who cleared them all. Then Old Man Landis banned them for baseball.

[MNDemNY]

2. I believe that was before the anti-trust deal was made with MLB.

That deal tasked congress with oversight authority.

[acmavm]

4. See, the Congress has their priorities straight now. Not impeachment,

not spying on the American people, not illegal and immoral wars, not missing billions from the Treasurey.

IT'S STEROIDS IN SPORTS THAT MATTERS!!

Get with the program.

:sarcasm:

[Trecie]

5. It's always the case

They always do this sort of thing. Matters that no-one really cares about are put front and center, so the sheep can be distracted. I mean,if we are obsessed with
Roger Clemens testimony we can't think of the invasion of Iraq, and all the people being killed. Can we? What do we do? Not one thing, but bellyache. That is because we are under the thumb of the govt., and it is much worse under Bush Jr. The congress keeps giving him more and more power. It is really sad.