Chicago Cubs Encyclopedia by J Holtzman

Chicago Cubs Encyclopedia by J Holtzman

For the last half century, since 1945 when they won their last pennant, the Chicago Cubs have often been characterized as \u201clovable losers.\u201d Even Dallas Green, when he took over the club following the 1981 season, was unaware of the Cubs\u2019 glorious history and launched a promotional campaign entitled \u201cBuilding a New Tradition.\u201d It was an understandable mistake. The Cubs set a record for consecutive second division finishes, 20. Still, all that was needed was one or two championship teams, certainly not a new tradition. The Cubs have won 16 pennants, set the one-season major league record for victories, 116 in 1906, and are the only charter member of the National league to play in the same city, 121 years, without interruption. They were baseball\u2019s first dynasty - six pennants in the National League\u2019s first 11 seasons. Twice they won three consecutive pennants and four in a five-year sequence. A galaxy of hall-of-famers has paraded across the Chicago scene: Adrian Constantine Anson, Frank Chance, \u201cThree Finger\u201d Mordecai Brown, Gabby Hartnett, Hack Wilson, and more recently, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Ferguson Jenkins, and Ryne Sandberg, just to name a few. The Chicago Cubs Encyclopedia presents the touching history of the team that has been without a pennant longer than anyone in the major leagues. It includes: *over 500 black and white photographs *complete statistics through the 1996 season on hitting streaks and ERA\u2019s, box scores, trades, an all-time roster of managers, players, and position leaders *season-by-season descriptions *game highlights and great moments *over 100 player profiles from Adrian Constantine Anson to Ryne Sandberg *the managerial strategies, the personalities, honors, and the milestones *an immense treasure trove of little known facts and surprising anecdotes

"Jerome Holtzman knows baseball in general and the Chicago Cubs in particular as well, or better, than anybody who ever sat behind a typewriter in a ballparkEven more so than most blue-blooded Cubs fans, Holtzman has lived, breathed, and absorbed the calamitous times of the Cubs. The few triumphs and many disappointments leap from the pages as only Jerome can tell it. Unlike most Cubs teams, this book is an easy winner." -Hal McCoy

Jerome Holtzman is a baseball columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He is a member of the sportswriting wing of The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. George Vass is a freelance journalist. He was a writer for the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News and is the author of several sports books.

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ISBN 13	9781566395472
Titel	Chicago Cubs Encyclopedia
Autor	J Holtzman
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Verlag	Temple University Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	1997-06-29
Seitenanzahl	424
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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