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Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club

Author : Roberts Ehrgott
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803264836
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club written by Roberts Ehrgott and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began with the decision of the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley 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 and attracted 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 and disasters. Readers take front-row seats to meet one Hall of Famer after another—Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis “Hack” Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their colorful if less-sung teammates and the Cubs’ nemesis, Babe Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigley’s ball club with one emphatic swing.

Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club

Author : Roberts Ehrgott
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080326478X
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club written by Roberts Ehrgott and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Called Shot

Author : Thomas Wolf
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496221702
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Called Shot written by Thomas Wolf and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball fans were treated to one of the most thrilling seasons in the history of the sport. As the nation drifted deeper into the Great Depression and reeled from social unrest, baseball was a diversion for a troubled country—and yet the world of baseball was marked by the same edginess that pervaded the national scene. On-the-field fights were as common as double plays. Amid the National League pennant race, Cubs’ shortstop Billy Jurges was shot by showgirl Violet Popovich in a Chicago hotel room. When the regular season ended, the Cubs and Yankees clashed in what would be Babe Ruth’s last appearance in the fall classic. After the Cubs lost the first two games in New York, the series resumed in Chicago at Wrigley Field, with Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt cheering for the visiting Yankees from the box seats behind the Yankees’ dugout. In the top of the fifth inning the game took a historic turn. As Ruth was jeered mercilessly by Cubs players and fans, he gestured toward the outfield and then blasted a long home run. After Ruth circled the bases, Roosevelt exclaimed, “Unbelievable!” Ruth’s homer set off one of baseball’s longest-running and most intense debates: did Ruth, in fact, call his famous home run? Rich with historical context and detail, The Called Shot dramatizes the excitement of a baseball season during one of America’s most chaotic summers.

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1798 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 1798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Study of Monopoly Power

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1690 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Study of Monopoly Power written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Study of Monopoly Power

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1988 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Study of Monopoly Power written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 1. Focuses on legislation on antitrust law statute of limitations and U.S. recovery of damages in antitrust suits; Considers legislation to revise price discrimination good faith defense provisions. Focuses on distribution costs and nature of good faith price competition; Considers legislation to exempt baseball and other sports from antitrust law provisions.

Study of Monopoly Power

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Monopoly Power
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Study of Monopoly Power written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Monopoly Power and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Study of Monopoly Power

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Study of Monopoly Power
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1702 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Study of Monopoly Power written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Study of Monopoly Power and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 1. Focuses on legislation on antitrust law statute of limitations and U.S. recovery of damages in antitrust suits; Considers legislation to revise price discrimination good faith defense provisions. Focuses on distribution costs and nature of good faith price competition; Considers legislation to exempt baseball and other sports from antitrust law provisions.

Subjecting Professional Baseball Clubs to the Antitrust Laws

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subjecting Professional Baseball Clubs to the Antitrust Laws written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subjecting Professional Baseball Clubs to the Antitrust Laws

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Subjecting Professional Baseball Clubs to the Antitrust Laws written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (83) S.J. Res. 133.

A Nice Little Place on the North Side

Author : George Will
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0385349335
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book A Nice Little Place on the North Side written by George Will and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times-bestselling history of America's most beloved baseball stadium, Wrigley Field, and the Cubs’ century-long search for World Series glory In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal look at his hapless Chicago Cubs and their often beatified home, Wrigley Field, as it enters its second century. Baseball, Will argues, is full of metaphors for life, religion, and happiness, and Wrigley is considered one of its sacred spaces. But what is its true, hyperbole-free history? Winding beautifully like Wrigley’s iconic ivy, Will’s meditation on “The Friendly Confines” examines both the unforgettable stories that forged the field’s legend and the larger-than-life characters—from Wrigley and Ruth to Veeck, Durocher, and Banks—who brought it glory, heartbreak, and scandal. Drawing upon his trademark knowledge and inimitable sense of humor, Will also explores his childhood connections to the team, the Cubs’ future, and what keeps long-suffering fans rooting for the home team after so many years of futility. In the end, A Nice Little Place on the North Side is more than just the history of a ballpark. It is the story of Chicago, of baseball, and of America itself.

Wrigleyville

Author : Peter Golenbock
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429904801
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Wrigleyville written by Peter Golenbock and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For celebrated sportswriter Peter Golenbock,Wrigleyville is a symbol of America's fidelity to its greatest sport. As he did with classics of sports literature, Bums (a history of the Brooklyn Dodgers) and Dynasty (a history of the New York Yankees), Golenbock turns to a team that has won and broken the hearts of generations of fans; the Chicago Cubs. Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, sportswriters, and clubhouse personnel, as well as out-of-print memoirs by nineteenth-century players, Peter Golenbock has created a perfect gift for every baseball fan: a book that entertains, warms the heart, and touches the soul. This updated edition includes material on Harry Caray's death, the magical seasons of Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood, and the Cubs' 1998 playoff dive.

Ernie Banks

Author : Phil Rogers
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617495131
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Ernie Banks written by Phil Rogers and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Respected by his baseball peers, beloved by Chicago fans and teammates, Ernie Banks did everything there was to do in the game he loved. Everything, that is, except play in a World Series. How and why that experience eluded him during one season of particular promise—1969—is a key storyline of this fresh look at one of baseball's legendary players. Banks, who had picked cotton outside Dallas as a youth, ascended from a barnstorming semipro team to the major leagues after Kansas City Monarchs manager Buck O'Neil placed him with the Cubs. During his time in Chicago, Banks won two MVPs and received an education far better than the one he received in the segregated schools he'd attended, gaining important life skills while playing the game he was born to play.

Wiretapping for National Security

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Wiretapping for National Security written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League

Author : Richard Beverage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786487887
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League written by Richard Beverage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants brought the major leagues to California in 1958, professional baseball thrived on the West Coast in the form of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). Minor only in name, the league featured intense rivalries, a huge fan base, and such future Hall of Famers as Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. The Los Angeles Angels won 14 PCL pennants and stood as the league's premier franchise. This year-by-year chronicle of the Los Angeles Angels from 1903 to 1957 includes an overview of the PCL and a wealth of statistical information, including an all-time player roster, a list of important team records, lineups, and attendance information. Based in part on personal interviews with former Angels players, this history offers a nostalgic look back at the PCL and the early days of baseball in the West.

Take Me Out to the Cubs Game

Author : John C. Skipper
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786462629
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Take Me Out to the Cubs Game written by John C. Skipper and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's too much nature in that ballpark"--Harry Chiti And make no mistake, whether it's the wind full-tilt off Lake Michigan, an early-season snowstorm at Waveland and Sheffield, or spring ivy hiding the batted balls of the visiting nine, nature seems to have Wrigley Field and the Cubbies under its thumb. In this book, John Skipper talks with 35 former Chicago Cubs who relive their ball-playing days and speculate on the eternally middling and undeniably popular Northsiders. This troop of now-grizzled bears, including Claude Passeau, Hank Wyse, Alvin Dark, Don Kessinger, Joe Niekro, Pete LaCock, and slugger Hank Sauer, hold forth on the front office moves, gruelling day-game scheduling and sometimes agonizing play of one of baseball's oldest, unluckiest and yet most revered franchises.

Ten Innings at Wrigley

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250182034
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Ten Innings at Wrigley written by Kevin Cook and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point of a new era in baseball history It was a Thursday at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected an afternoon game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs on May 17, 1979, to be much more than a lazy early-season contest matching two teams heading in opposite directions—the first-place Phillies and the Cubs, those lovable losers—until they combined for thirteen runs in the first inning. “The craziest game ever,” one player called it. “And then the second inning started.” Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook’s vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels: Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Bruce Sutter, surly slugger Dave Kingman, hustler Pete Rose, unlucky Bill Buckner, scarred Vietnam vet Garry Maddox, troubled relief pitcher Donnie Moore, clubhouse jester Tug McGraw, and two managers pulling out what was left of their hair. It was the highest-scoring ballgame in a century, and much more than that. Bringing to life the run-up and aftermath of a contest The New York Times called “the wildest in modern history,” Cook reveals the human stories behind the game—and how money, muscles and modern statistics were about to change baseball forever.