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Author | : Steve Johnson |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press (MN) |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780760332467 |
Pairing historical black-and-white images with contemporary photographs, this book is a lavish celebration of the Chicago Cubs. It highlights the ballparks and fans, the players and teams, the broadcasters and behind-the-scenes figures who have defined Chicago baseball for more than a century.
Author | : Saul Wisnia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2009-08-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781412779074 |
The greatest Cubs players, the greatest Cubs teams, and the greatest Cubs moments: This book describes them all in a way that will certainly thrill every fan. Jam-packed with historic photos, memorabilia, clippings, and in-depth commentary, Chicago Cubs: Yesterday & Today is a detailed and fascinating snapshot ofthe history of the fabled franchise. No team is more beloved, more beleagured, and more bedecked with an illustrious history than the Chicago Cubs, and this tribute book captures it all.
Author | : Saul Wisnia |
Publisher | : Westside Publishing |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2008-02-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781412716444 |
The greatest Cub players, the greatest Cub teams, and the greatest Cub momentsthis book describes them all in a way that will certainly thrill every Cub fan. This book also tells the fascinating story of Wrigley Fieldwhen and why it was built, what memorable baseball feats occurred there, such as when Ron Santo's number was retired, and what makes it unique and beloved. It also talks about earlier ballparks and even the all the names the Cubs have been called.
Author | : Steve Johnson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2008-04-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780760332474 |
Pairing historical black-and-white images with contemporary photographs, this lavishly illustrated celebration of one of the most written-about sport franchises examines how the beloved Cubs, and the game of Baseball, have developed over more than a century. It explorers ballparks and lineups over the years, plus the players who have defined Chicago baseball and earned the loyalty of fans everywhere. Here are legendary batsmen Cap Anson, Ernie Banks, Rayne Sandberg, Derek Lee, dominating hurdlers from Mordecai Three Fingers Brown, Carlos Zambrano, and the stars of broadcast booth and boardroom who have played a revolutionary role in the development of the game of baseball.
Author | : Fergie Jenkins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2019-01-19 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780999529867 |
In 1969 at Wrigley Field, the lights didn't shine at night, but they did in the eyes of every hopeful Chicago Cubs fan. The team that didn't go all the way, but they did more for the franchise and the role of its fans than many teams before them. Hall-of-Fame legend Fergie Jenkins gives his first-hand accounts on that loved team and painful seaso
Author | : Tom Verducci |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2018-04-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0804190038 |
The New York Times Bestseller With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions. It took 108 years, but it really happened. The Chicago Cubs are once again World Series champions. How did a team composed of unknown, young players and supposedly washed-up veterans come together to break the Curse of the Billy Goat? Tom Verducci, twice named National Sportswriter of the Year and co-writer of The Yankee Years with Joe Torre, will have full access to team president Theo Epstein, manager Joe Maddon, and the players to tell the story of the Cubs' transformation from perennial underachievers to the best team in baseball. Beginning with Epstein's first year with the team in 2011, Verducci will show how Epstein went beyond "Moneyball" thinking to turn around the franchise. Leading the organization with a manual called "The Cubs Way," he focused on the mental side of the game as much as the physical, emphasizing chemistry as well as statistics. To accomplish his goal, Epstein needed manager Joe Maddon, an eccentric innovator, as his counterweight on the Cubs' bench. A man who encourages themed road trips and late-arrival game days to loosen up his team, Maddon mixed New Age thinking with Old School leadership to help his players find their edge. The Cubs Way takes readers behind the scenes, chronicling how key players like Rizzo, Russell, Lester, and Arrieta were deftly brought into the organization by Epstein and coached by Maddon to outperform expectations. Together, Epstein and Maddon proved that clubhouse culture is as important as on-base-percentage, and that intangible components like personality, vibe, and positive energy are necessary for a team to perform to their fullest potential. Verducci chronicles the playoff run that culminated in an instant classic Game Seven. He takes a broader look at the history of baseball in Chicago and the almost supernatural element to the team's repeated loses that kept fans suffering, but also served to strengthen their loyalty. The Cubs Way is a celebration of an iconic team and its journey to a World Championship that fans and readers will cherish for years to come.
Author | : Dan Helpingstine |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0786456698 |
Beginning with the premise that there is no other rivalry in team sports like that between the Cubs and the White Sox this work traces the history of the antagonism (and, at times, open hostility) between the fans of the two clubs. Of special interest is the baseball culture that is fostered in Chicago, as well as a recounting of the memorable on-field moments between the two teams. There are 50 photographs and two essays that deal with the question of bias at the Chicago Tribune.
Author | : Roberts Ehrgott |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 511 |
Release | : 2013-04-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 080326478X |
Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began when the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley decided to build the world’s greatest ball club in the nation’s Second City. In this Jazz Age center, the maverick Wrigley exploited the revolutionary technology of broadcasting to attract eager throngs of women to his renovated ballpark. Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club transports us to this heady era of baseball history and introduces the team at its crazy heart—an amalgam of rakes, pranksters, schemers, and choirboys who take center stage in memorable successes, equally memorable disasters, and shadowy intrigue. Readers take front-row seats to meet Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis “Hack” Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their colorful if less-extolled teammates and the Cubs’ nemesis, Babe Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigley’s ball club with one emphatic swing.
Author | : Rich Cohen |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0374120927 |
After his first Cubs game when Rich Cohen was eight, his father asked him to make a promise. "Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win," he explained, "and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life." Here he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days-- not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant. He searches for the cause of the famous curse, and came to see the curse as a burden but also as a blessing.
Author | : Gerald C. Wood |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2008-08-21 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0786436239 |
This collection of 19 essays examine the role of baseball's Cubs in the history and politics of Chicago. They focus on topics such as the rise of a nationwide fan base through the long reach of superstation WGN; the local uses and views of icons Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, and Ryne Sandberg; historical divides along lines of race (on the field) and class (in the stands); Wrigley Field as a public space both sacred and cursed; the importance of local and nationwide media coverage; and the Cubs' impact on Chicago music and literature.