Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants,
mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs.
It all began when the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley decided to
build the world's greatest ball club in the nation's Second City.
In this Jazz Age center, the maverick Wrigley exploited the
revolutionary technology of broadcasting to attract eager throngs
of women to his renovated ballpark.
"Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club" transports us to this heady era of
baseball history and introduces the team at its crazy heart--an
amalgam of rakes, pranksters, schemers, and choirboys who take
center stage in memorable successes, equally memorable disasters,
and shadowy intrigue. Readers take front-row seats to meet Grover
Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis "Hack"
Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their
colorful if less-extolled teammates and the Cubs' nemesis, Babe
Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigley's ball club with
one emphatic swing.
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