Baseball, Chicago Style,9781566252331

Baseball, Chicago Style

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9781566252331
ISBN10: 1566252334
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-14
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary

For the first time the entire colorful saga of major league baseball in Chicago is wrapped between the covers of a single book sure to appeal to both Cubs and White Sox fans.

Table of Contents

Introduction x
CHAPTER 1 Black and Bleak Sox 1(20)
CHAPTER 2 Off 'n' Running 21(18)
CHAPTER 3 The Uncivil War 39(4)
CHAPTER 4 Merkle's Boner 43(6)
CHAPTER 5 Double Duty or Dubious Myth? 49(4)
CHAPTER 6 Femmes Fatale 53(6)
CHAPTER 7 The Grimm Silver Age 59(14)
CHAPTER 8 Who Called What? 73(8)
CHAPTER 9 Homer in the Gloamin' 81(4)
CHAPTER 10 The Comiskeys' Iron Age 85(12)
CHAPTER 11 All-Star of a Game 97(6)
CHAPTER 12 Go-Go Sox, No-Go Cubs 103(22)
CHAPTER 13 College of Confusion 125(6)
CHAPTER 14 Klu to Winning 131(6)
CHAPTER 15 Ill-Starred All-Stars 137(12)
CHAPTER 16 The Iron Catcher 149(4)
CHAPTER 17 Roller-Coaster White Sox 153(14)
CHAPTER 18 Balls, Bats and Chicanery 167(6)
CHAPTER 19 Spit and Follies 173(10)
CHAPTER 20 Blustering 'New Tradition' 183(12)
CHAPTER 21 Looking Good, Winning Ugly 195(6)
CHAPTER 22 Pleasures, Pain, Big Hurt 201(12)
CHAPTER 23 Ryno, Grace, Sammy Make 'em Run 213(16)
CHAPTER 24 The Kids Really Can Play 229(10)
CHAPTER 25 Character Development 239(8)
CHAPTER 26 Ruling Dynasties 247(12)
CHAPTER 27 Front Office Musical Chairs 259(20)
CHAPTER 28 The Firing Line 279(14)
CHAPTER 29 Wheelers, Dealers 293(10)
CHAPTER 30 Hear It Now, See It Live 303(10)
CHAPTER 31 Media Rare 313(12)
CHAPTER 32 Dawn of Tradition 325(16)
CHAPTER 33 Fields of Dreams 'n' Screams 341(12)
CHAPTER 34 All-Time Chicago Team 353(6)
CHAPTER 35 Top of the Charts 359(10)
CHAPTER 36 'Next Year' Just Around the Corner? 369(18)
Index 387

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