The Black Sox Sclamdal

1919. The infamous year where the unthinkable occurred. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball club worked together in order to fix the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Who could've been responsible for such an unthinkable crime against America's past time? You guessed it. Arnold Rothstein. Infamous Jewish New York mobster who had his hands in every pocket in town. Including the pocket of one Antonio "Clams" Clamadi, who was employed as Rothstein's personal driver through most of the year.

While driving for Rothstein, Clams caught wind of some suspicious happenings that may be going down during the World Series. Clams wanted part of the action. However, Clams misheard Rothstein one night and thought that the fix was going down in order to get The White Sox to win. Clams couldn't keep his composure after hearing that sure fire tip and as soon as he returned home, he phoned his bookie and put down his entire life savings on The White Sox.

The fix went down as planned and The Cincinatti Reds won the series. Clams lost everything. He never returned to work after the Series and Rothstein never heard from him again.

Months later while sitting at home, famed White Sox left fielder and co conspirator, Shoeless Joe Jackson was scared senseless when I bag of fresh mussels was thrown through his window. Attached to a bag was a note which read "You took everything from me!" - Tony Clams. Shoeless Joe disregarded the note and the whole incident because he was illiterate.