Chicago Cubs: Tinker to Evers to Chance
It has been a long time. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chancethat "trio of bear cubs" immortalized in poem and enshrined as a unit in Cooperstownformed the core of a ball club that brought Chicago baseball fans backtoback World Series championships 100 years ago. And fans are still waiting for victory number three. Chicago Cubs: Tinker to Evers to Chance brings the reader back to the notsohalcyon days of spitball pitchers, insidethepark home runs, and an era when raucous fans lined the foul lines, often a little too close for comfort for the visiting ballplayers. Beginning in 1898 with the acquisition of a green Frank Chance and following the team's exploits through the 1916 season, the last for Joe Tinker in a Cubs uniform, this is the story of Wrigleyville's favorite tenants, before there was a Wrigleyville.
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Chicago Cubs: Tinker to Evers to Chance
It has been a long time. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chancethat "trio of bear cubs" immortalized in poem and enshrined as a unit in Cooperstownformed the core of a ball club that brought Chicago baseball fans backtoback World Series championships 100 years ago. And fans are still waiting for victory number three. Chicago Cubs: Tinker to Evers to Chance brings the reader back to the notsohalcyon days of spitball pitchers, insidethepark home runs, and an era when raucous fans lined the foul lines, often a little too close for comfort for the visiting ballplayers. Beginning in 1898 with the acquisition of a green Frank Chance and following the team's exploits through the 1916 season, the last for Joe Tinker in a Cubs uniform, this is the story of Wrigleyville's favorite tenants, before there was a Wrigleyville.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780738551302 |
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Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing SC |
Publication date: | 06/13/2007 |
Series: | Images of Baseball |
Pages: | 128 |
Sales rank: | 1,095,042 |
Product dimensions: | 6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d) |
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