Rumor has it they were known as the Black Sox, not from their throwing of the Series, but from one of the aspects of their differences with Comiskey, the owner. Comiskey didn't feel that it was the resonsibility of the team do do the players' laundry. The players disagreed and consequently the laundry didn't get done. There was also the matter of Comiskey's alleged reneging on a bonus agreement with one of the pitchers. It was these and other differences that made the players an easy target for the gamblers' bribe offers.