Mustaches and Mayhem: Charlie O's Three-Time Champions: The Oakland Athletics 1972-74

Does the Way Lead to San Jose?

“I started at the bottom in this business,” said actor Art…

Bill McKechnie

This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…
Wrigley Field in Chicago began its life as a Federal League park

The Game That Was Not—Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs, August 8, 1988

  Between May 24, 1935 and August 7, 1988, Wrigley Field…
His baseball broadcasting career spanned three metropolises and four major league teams.

Lasting Impressions of Harry Caray

Harry Caray’s lasting impression and impact on American…
Though best known as a smooth-fielding All-Star shortstop for the Cubs, he also had a “brief but interesting stay on the South Side.”

“Don’t Tell Them any Different”: Don Kessinger Night Caps a Long Career

On September 8, 1978, Northside and Southside fans finally…
Left-hander was the Cubs' big winner in 1915.

The Last Best Day: When Chicago Had Three First-Place Teams

At the close of play on July 17, 1915, the American League’s…

Dean of Chicanery: Jerry Reinsdorf’s Plan to Enlist Hank Greenberg to Umpire the Northwestern Law School Student-Faculty Game and How it Backfired

Jerry Reinsdorf has always wanted to win, both now and then.…
the eager young Yankees first sacker.

Bears, Cubs, and a Moose, Oh My

The telegram was brash and a bit disrespectful.…
Detroit Tigers star hit a game-tying homer in Game 6 of the 1945 World Series.

A Fall Classic Comedy: Game Six, 1945

Editor's note: This article is excerpted from "Hank Greenberg:…

Silas K. Johnson: An Illinois Farm Boy Who Made Baseball History

Silas Kenneth Johnson was born in Danway, Illinois on Friday,…
U.S. President chucks out the first ball at a Washington Senators opener.

Why did Wrigley, Lasker, and the Chicago Cubs Join a Presidential Campaign?

While professional baseball and politics have always been linked,…
Albert Spalding was a great pitcher and an even greater entrepreneur. (National Baseball Hall of Fame)

The Western Baseball Tours of 1879

Even before the start of the 1879 National League campaign,…
Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

The Legacy of the Players’ League: 1890 Chicago Pirates

During the late 1880s, professional baseball players became…
whose pride in Chicago ultimately led to the formation of the National League, proclaimed that he would rather be a lamppost in Chicago than a millionaire in any other city.

William Hulbert: Father of Professional Sports Leagues

As the 1875 baseball season approached, William Hulbert, the…

Memories That Will Never Go-Go

“This is the Cubs’ town,” said the man over beers, When…

Black Sox on Film

Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams are not the only films to feature…

Bill Murray’s Prediction

Bill Murray, famous for his work on Saturday Night Live and his…

From the North Side to the Deep South

Sandburg’s “City of Big Shoulders” (that’s Carl, not…
At left, the author of “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon.”

Chicago Goes Hollywood: The Cubs, Wrigley Field, and Popular Culture

Chicago is a city of icons. A hotbed of popular culture, the…
White Sox owner was portrayed as a villain in John Sayles' film adaptation of

Of Black Sox, Ball Yards, and Monty Stratton: Chicago Baseball Movies

Once upon a time, A.J. Liebling, consummate Manhattanite and…
Cubs owner and first baseman pose in 1934 with … a goat. If only they had known.

Curse of the Billy Goat: An Adaptive Coping Strategy for Cubs Fans

Researchers in the social sciences who have investigated the…

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