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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A captivating blend of reportage and memoir exploring the history of the Chicago Cubs For Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the Chicago Cubs have always been more than a team: they've been the protagonists of a King Arthur epic, in search of the Holy Grail that is winning the World Series. A chronicle of the last few miraculous seasons as experienced through the prism of Cubs history, The Chicago Cubs tracks the famous curse, which was placed...
Author
Series
Baseball Geeks adventures volume 2
Publisher
Speeding Star
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
95 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Omar is unfairly blamed by the media for a Chicago Cubs loss at home, his fellow Baseball Geeks try to clear his name.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col., double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the cast is removed from his severely broken arm, a clumsy 12-year-old is shocked to find his arm has become a 100 mile-per-hour thunderbolt, and is signed as ace pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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 turns one hundred years old. Baseball, Will argues, is full of metaphors for life, religion, and happiness, and Wrigley is considered one of its sacred spaces. Winding beautifully like Wrigley's iconic ivy, Will's meditation on 'The Friendly Confines'...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
134 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mike and Kate must solve a mystery during a World Series between the Cubs and the Red Sox when someone starts ruining equipment, getting players in trouble, and even stirring up an old baseball curse.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Edition
Physical Desc
375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color facsimile ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions"--
"How did a team of untested young players and carefully selected veterans come together to break the longest championship drought in professional sports? With exclusive interviews with all of the people integral to the World Series victory,...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Biography of baseball manager Joe Maddon. With his irreverent personality, laid-back approach, and penchant for the unexpected, Joe Maddon is a singular presence among Major League Baseball managers. Whether he's bringing clowns and live bear cubs to spring training or leading the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series victory in 108 years, Maddon is always one to watch. In Try Not to Suck, ESPN's Jesse Rogers and MLB.com's Bill Chastain fully...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines Babe Ruth's alleged called shot of the 1932 World Series, analyzing the social and economic contexts of the time and debating whether or not the famed baseball player called his home run before he hit it.
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2017[
Physical Desc
145 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured--and now triumphant--franchise. No metaphor is necessary; the Chicago Cubs have been the living example of disappointment and failure for more than a century--until now. The Cubs' 2016 World Series win marked the...
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