Author : Carrie Muskat
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 13 : 9780071385565
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Book Synopsis Banks to Sandberg to Grace: Five Decades of Love and Frustration with the Chicago Cubs by : Carrie Muskat
Download or read book Banks to Sandberg to Grace: Five Decades of Love and Frustration with the Chicago Cubs written by Carrie Muskat and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2002-03-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banks to Sandberg to Grace brings together more than 60 first-person accounts from the past 50 years of Cubs baseball. Each of the storytellers whose voices are heard throughout shares his or her personal, revealing account of what it was like to play or work for the Cubs. Hank Sauer laughs about fans in the bleachers throwing tobacco at him. The team's longtime equipment manager, Yosh Kawano, talks about gaining the trust and friendship of players such as Ryne Sandberg. And WGN-TV producer Arne Harris reminisces about sharing an earpiece with Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray. Includes a foreword by Chicago sportswriter Bob Verdi.