The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs: A Decade-By-Decade History

ISBN: 1572842172

Author: Chicago Tribune Staff

Condition: New

The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseballs most beloved if hard-luck teams, starting with the franchises beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and ending with the triumphant 2016 World Series championship.For more than a century, the Chicago Tribune has documented every Cubs season through original reporting, photography, and box scores. For the first time, this mountain of Cubs history has been mined and curated by the papers sports department into a single one-of-a-kind volume. Each era in Cubs history includes its own timeline, profiles of key players and coaches, and feature stories that highlight it all, from the heavy hitters to the no-hitters to the one-hit wonders.And of course, you cant talk about the Cubs without talking about Wrigley Field. In this book, readers will find a complete history of that most sacred of American stadiums, where Hack Wilson batted in 191 runs-still the major-league record-in 1930, where Sammy Sosa earned the moniker Slammin Sammy, and where fans congregated, even when the team was on the road, throughout its scintillating championship run.The award-winning journalists, photographers, and editors of the Chicago Tribune have produced a comprehensive collectors item that every Cubs fan will love.