Before The Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 18701945

Before The Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 18701945

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Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 18701945 brings to life the early history of the much beloved and often heartbreaking Chicago Cubs. Originally called the Chicago White Stockings, the team immediately established itself as a powerhouse, winning the newly formed National Base Ball League's inaugural pennant in 1876, repeating the feat in 1880 and 1881, and commanding the league in the decades to come. The legendary days of the Cubs are recaptured here in more than two dozen vintage newspaper accounts and historical essays on the teams and the fans who loved them. The great games, pennant races, and series are all here, including the 1906 World Series between the Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Of course, Before the Curse remembers the halloffame playersGrover Cleveland Alexander, Gabby Hartnett, Roger Hornsby, Dizzy Deanwho delighted Cubs fans with their play on the field and their antics elsewhere.Through stimulating introductions to each article, Randy Roberts and Carson Cunningham demonstrate how changes in ownership affected the success of the team, who the teams' major players were both on and off the field, and how regular fans, owners, players, journalists, and Chicagoans of the past talked and wrote about baseball.

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