{"product_id":"236-the-black-sox-scandal-7-x-10-5","title":"236. \"The Black Sox Scandal\"  7\" x 10.5\"","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"473\" data-start=\"217\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"226\" data-start=\"217\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 × 10.5 inches art print (not a comic book)\u003cbr data-end=\"274\" data-start=\"271\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"291\" data-start=\"274\"\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pre-order ends Sunday, March 1st  at 3 PM PT \/ 6 PM ET\u003cbr data-end=\"347\" data-start=\"344\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"360\" data-start=\"347\"\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Expected to ship approximately 40–60 days after the purchase window closes.\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e Estimated timeframe. Not guaranteed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"495\" data-start=\"475\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"495\" data-start=\"475\"\u003eFrom the Artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"533\" data-start=\"497\"\u003eTHE BLACK SOX SCANDAL\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"337\"\u003eThere are moments in baseball that feel distanct. And then there are moments that still feel unsettled. The 1919 World Series is one of those.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of fixing the series. A jury layer acquitted them. Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain banned them anyway.  that decision, more than the verdict reshaped the sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's easy to reduce the black socks to a headline. To a morality play. Two villains and heroes. But history is rarely that tidy. Some players were clearly involved. Some were less so. Two in particular have lived in that uncomfortable middle space for more than a century… Good players, complicated circumstance, and permanent consequences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat always struck me wasn't the courtroom, it was the dugout. Eight men in uniform, sitting together. The weight of what was coming, whether they admitted it or not. The light doesn't fall evenly. It never does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece lives in that space, before the bans were announced, before the story hardened into legend. It's not trying to solve the scandal it's just acknowledging that it happened and that the game was never quite the same afterward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery era has its reckoning. 1919 was baseballs.\u003cbr\u003e|\u003cbr\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"570\" data-start=\"535\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEach print is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1359\" data-start=\"1340\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e7 × 10.5 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1403\" data-start=\"1361\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eartist-signed and numbered on the back\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, and ships \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1443\" data-start=\"1415\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ebagged in a comic sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, just like the ones we grew up with.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pop Fly Pop Shop","offers":[{"title":"Regular","offer_id":48877270696176,"sku":"REG_BLACKSOX","price":91.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6450\/5260\/files\/BLACK_SOXWEB.jpg?v=1771801467","url":"https:\/\/popflypopshop.com\/en-ca\/products\/236-the-black-sox-scandal-7-x-10-5","provider":"Pop Fly Pop Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}