When the Cubs Won it All - The 1908 Championship Season (Paperback)

In the fall of 1908, no one could have guessed that the Chicago Cubs, a team that had dominated the National league three straight years, would for a century be shut out in its efforts to reclaim the world championship. Stars like Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Ed Reulbach, and Three Finger Brown were still in their primes, and they had just emerged the winner in the most remarkable pennant race in major league history.In the decades since, the achievement of the 1908 Cubs has been overshadowed first by the events of the season, which included the Merkle Game and a playoff that pitted two all-time great pitchers against each other, and more recently by the calendar, as the centennial anniversary of the last Cubs championship closed in. This engaging book rescues the 1908 team from its status as footnote to baseball history, following one of the all-time great clubs on a thrilling, season-long march toward the World Series.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	George R. Matthews
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-3495-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Sports teams & clubs Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball
LSN:	0-7864-3495-3
Barcode:	9780786434954

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