So You Think You're a Chicago Cubs Fan? (eBook)

Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards

Sam Pathy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
224 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-68358-012-6 (ISBN)

Infos

So You Think Youre a Chicago Cubs Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Cubs baseball. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, youll get details behind eachstories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons.This book is divided into multiple parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. Along the way, youll learn more about Wrigley Field and the great Cub players and coaches of the past and present, from Billy Herman to Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Dave Kingman, Andre Dawson, Fergie Jenkins, Ryne Sandberg, Dennis Eckersley, Greg Maddux, Kerry Wood, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Jake Arrieta, and so many more. Some of the many questions that this book answers include: What was the original name of Wrigley Field when it opened in 1914? On what date did the Cubs play their first Wrigley Field night game? Which Cubs stalwart said, I didnt practice singing. I didnt want to get on key? In 1992, who were the first four players elected by fans into the Cubs Walk of Fame? In what year did the Cubs become the first team to reach .500 ten times through twenty games?This book makes the perfect gift for any fan of the Cubbies!

Autor

Sam Pathy is the author of Wrigley Field Year by Year and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He has contributed to the Baseball Research and the National Pastime. He lives in Worthington, Ohio.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1908 • 1945 world • alou • announcer • Attendance • Babe Ruth • ball park • ballparks • baseball history 100th anniversary • baseball season • baseball team • Beer • bill veeck • books on baseball seasons • books on baseball teams • books on evers • books on home runs • books on national leagues • books on pennants books on ladies day • books on ticket prices • books on white soxes • bunts • Business Model • cardinals • Championship • chewing gum • chicago history • chicago native • confines • Cub • cubbies • cubs games • cubs player • cubs season • cubs won • durocher • empty seats • Ernie Banks • Evers • fan loyalty • fans feel • female bear • Fenway • Franchise • george will • hack • harry caray • home field • Home Run • home team • jack ruby • ladies day • league baseball • lifelong baseball • live organ • losers • memory lane • Moises • Moskowitz • National League • night games • outfield • past 100 • pennants • personalities associated • Ray Kroc • Red Sox • remains warm • Stadium • steve bartman • syndicated columnist • taking birth • Teams • ticket prices • Trivia • Vendor • Victory • vines • Wertheim • white sox • Wills • Wrigley Field
• ISBN-10: 1-68358-012-5 / 1683580125
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68358-012-6 / 9781683580126