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Aug 2019
37m 14s

BLACK SOX Ep. 3 | "The Bankroll"

BLACK BARREL MEDIA
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As the regular season winds down, the talk of a World Series fix heats up. Chicago White Sox players meet with two sets of gamblers and name a price to lose the Series. The gamblers weave a complicated web to raise the money before the Series begins. One group secures the help of the biggest gambler of them all, Arnold Rothstein. On the eve of Game One, the ... Show More
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