Before They Were the Cubs

The Early Years of Chicago's First Professional Baseball Team
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7467-4
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 65 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

The Chicago Cubs, founded in 1869, are a charter member of the National League and the only one of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started. At various times in the 19th century the players were called White Stockings, Colts and Orphans. They were first referred to as the Cubs in the March 27, 1902, issue of the Chicago Daily News.

Using newspaper articles, books and archival records, the author chronicles the team’s early planning stages from 1868 to 1902. Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a colorful narrative of baseball in America as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bales, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Badminton Baseball

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Bales is the Reference and Humanities Librarian at the University of Mary Washington Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The author of numerous books and articles, he lives in Fredericksburg.