Before They Were the Cubs

The Early Years of Chicago's First Professional Baseball Team

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Founded in 1869, the Chicago Cubs are a charter member of the National League and the last remaining of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started. Drawing on newspaper articles, books and archival records, the author chronicles the team's early years. He describes the club's planning stages of 1868; covers the decades when the ballplayers were variously called White Stockings, Colts, and Orphans; and relates how a sportswriter first referred to the young players as Cubs in the March 27, 1902, issue of the Chicago Daily News.Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a colorful narrative of baseball in 19th-century America, as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-03-19
Mått:178 x 254 x 13 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476674674

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Bollsport inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Jack Bales is the Reference and Humanities Librarian at the University of Mary Washington Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The author of numerous books and articles, he lives in Fredericksburg.

Recensioner i media

“While this book focuses on the first professional baseball team in Chicago, it also serves as an overview of the how the game developed throughout America.... extensive research...a solid historical work...valuable...recommended”—Choice

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPrefaceChronologyPrologue1. A New Team for Chicago (1868–1870)2. A Fiery Second Season (1871)3. Recovery After Disaster (1872–1875)4. William Hulbert and the First League Pennant (1875–1876)5. Reversal of Fortune (1877–1879)6. Successes and Struggles (1880–1884)7. On Top of the League (1885–1886)8. Fading Glory (1887–1890)9. Dark Days and Grim Years (1891–1902)Postscript: Return to Greatness (1902–1908)Appendix: Year-End Standings of the Chicago Team, 1871–1908Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex