http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xuKU66YDFE Eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, also known as The Black Sox, were banned from Major League Baseball, for life; on August 3, 1921. Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. (He was known as Judge Landis. Prior to becoming Baseball Commissioner, he served 17 years as a Federal judge.) issued this … [Read more...] about Black Sox Banned from Baseball August 3, 1921