Wrigley Field Year by Year (eBook)

A Century at the Friendly Confines

Sam Pathy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
400 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-885-3 (ISBN)

Infos

More than just a lavishly illustrated and highly readable book, Wrigley Field Year by Year, originally published in 2014, is the result of a quarter century of meticulous research. Written by a baseball historian and recognized authority on the Friendly Confines, this is the first book to detail each year of the storied parks existence. The book covers not only the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Federal League baseball teams in detail, it touches on the Chicago Bears football team, basketball, hockey, high school sports, track and field, and political rallies. It references activities and changes throughout the park and in its neighborhood on Chicagos North Side. In addition to pertinent Cubs statistics, the authors year-by-year coverage includes:A game of the yearA description of unusual and interesting happenings in the ballparkA quote from the year that best captures its essenceSupplementing the year-by-year approach are nine chapters that divide Wrigley Fields rich history into nine innings along with informative appendixes that will delight every Cubs fan, from the casual to the obsessed. The books easy-to-use format and wealth of information make it a resource that readers will turn to again and again.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Sam Pathy is a public librarian and member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He has contributed to the Baseball Research Journal and has spent the past twenty-five years researching the history of Wrigley Field.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2016
• Vorwort: John Thorn
• Zusatzinfo: 127 B&W illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: All-Stars • baseball all-stars • baseball batters • baseball books • baseball champions • baseball coach • baseball encyclopedia • baseball facts • baseball fun facts • baseball hall of fame • Baseball Hall of Famers • baseball history • baseball hitters • baseball managers • baseball MVP • baseball record-holders • baseball rookies • baseball stats • baseball trivia • baseball World series • best baseball hitters • best baseball players • best batters pinch hitters • best catchers ever • best pitchers • best pitchers ever • best rookies • gift for baseball coach • grand slams • greatest baseball hitters • greatest baseball players • greatest catchers ever • greatest pitchers • greatest pitchers ever • greatest pitchers in history • history of home runs • history of world series • hit leaders • hitters • Home Run • learn about baseball • Major League • Major League Baseball • Major league champions history of Major • most home runs • RBIs • Rookies • Shortstop • slugging • slugging record • strikeout record • strikeouts • switch-hitting • world series • world series books • world series stats
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-885-0 / 1613218850
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-885-3 / 9781613218853