根据美国棒运史上著名丑闻案改编,由约翰.塞尔斯编导,并客串演出体育记者林拉德纳一角。剧情描述芝加哥白袜队的八名球员,在一九一九年的世界杯棒球比赛中放水,藉以取金钱上的利益,而在幕后操纵整个事件的则是一群赌徒。全片以十分细致的手法追踪丑闻的来龙去脉,将美国球界的黑幕娓娓道来,加上一些精彩的棒球比赛场面,对喜欢棒球运动的观众而言具有相当高的吸引力。但作为一部剧情片,本片比较缺乏感情和剧力,因此未能发挥出这个事件应有的震撼力量。不过几位主角约翰.库萨克、迈克尔.洛克尔、查理.希恩、戴维.斯特雷泽恩等人的表演还是蛮精彩的。The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennant. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. Gamblers take advantage of this opportunity to offer some players money to throw the series. (Most of the players didn't get as much as promised.) But Buck Weaver and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson turn back at the last minute and try to play their best. The Sox actually almost come back from a 3-1 deficit. Two years later, the truth breaks out and the Sox are sued on multiple counts. They are found innocent by the jury but baseball commissioner Landis has other plans. The eight players are suspended for life, and Buck Weaver, for the rest of his life, tries to clear his name.