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Tinker to Evers to Chance: the Chicago Cubs and the dawn of modern America

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Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a first baseman.

But together they were an unstoppable force. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance came together in rough-and-tumble early twentieth-century Chicago and soon formed the defensive core of the most formidable team in big league baseball, leading the Chicago Cubs to four National League pennants and two World Series championships from 1906 to 1910.

At the same time, baseball was transforming from small-time diversion into a nationwide sensation.

Americans from all walks of life became infected with 'baseball fever', a phenomenon of unprecedented enthusiasm and social impact.

The national pastime was coming of age. This title examines this pivotal moment in American history, when baseball became the game we know today.

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University of Chicago Press
022641518X / 9780226415185
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
02/04/2018
English
313 pages
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