Phil Rosenthal: 100 years after the Black Sox scandal, MLB owes Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson another look

Never in 100 years would Buck Weaver have imagined Major League Baseball going into business with a "sports gaming" outfit.

A century removed from the start of the 1919 season that gave us the Black Sox scandal that made Weaver, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and others outcasts, however, baseball no longer is the national pastime.

Gambling is.

If everything turned out the way it should, there would be nothing on which to bet.

So here's rooting for a major upset - a show of fairness and compassion by the lords of the sport although they're unlikely to benefit financially from it.

Here's hoping MLB commutes its