Game - throwing was nothing new to baseball , as Asinof points out .
The idea that a full third of a team would throw a World Series was a body blow to what had become somewhat of an egotistical nation .
Game - throwing was nothing new to baseball , as Asinof points out , but the idea that a full third of a team would throw a World Series was a body blow to what had become somewhat of an egotistical nation .