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A good argument can be made that if gambler and crime boss Arnold Rothstein never existed, the movie Field of Dreams would not ever have been made. Of course if there were no Field of Dreams, then Kevin Costner would never have become an international superstar, and he would never have had the chance to film Waterworld or The Postman.
It is true that Arnold Rothstein was a prolific gambler back in the early 20th century. What is also true is that he liked to play games that were fixed in his favor. He is widely acknowledged as the mastermind behind the fixing of the 1919 World Series.
Rothstein allegedly paid off 8 members of the heavily favored Chicago White Sox to throw the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Rothstein put down heavy bets on the underdog Reds, and cleaned up when the Sox lost the nine-game series.
In the end Rothstein walked away with suitcases full of cash, and the team from Chicago bore the shame of the scandal, and carried the nickname "The Black Sox" for decades after. Caught in Rothstein's net was Shoeless Joe Jackson: the player who was a prominent figure in the film Field of Dreams. Whether or not he actually took Rothstein's money is the subject of passionate debate, but one thing is clear: Arnold Rothstein's love of gambling (specifically crooked gambling) put a black on the national past-time that has never quite gone away. |
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