
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…

Buying the White Sox: A Comic Opera Starring Bill Veeck, Hank Greenberg, and Chuck Comiskey
When Bill Veeck and Hank Greenberg arrived at Comiskey Park on…

Chicago Goes Hollywood: The Cubs, Wrigley Field, and Popular Culture
Chicago is a city of icons. A hotbed of popular culture, the…

Of Black Sox, Ball Yards, and Monty Stratton: Chicago Baseball Movies
Once upon a time, A.J. Liebling, consummate Manhattanite and…

Curse of the Billy Goat: An Adaptive Coping Strategy for Cubs Fans
Researchers in the social sciences who have investigated the…

Stories of the White Sox: Farrell, Lardner, and Algren
The Chicago White Sox of the early twentieth century provided…

When They Were Just Boys: Chicago and Youth Baseball Take Center Stage
Not long after D-Day in June 1944, Esquire magazine summoned…

The Peculiar Professional Baseball Career of Eddie Gaedel
Hall of Fame baseball owner Bill Veeck is remembered for many…

Palmer House Stars
Staying at Chicago’s famous Palmer House Hotel during the 1930s…

Split Season 1981, Chicago Style
As Major League Baseball moved toward a possible players' strike…

If Gil Hodges Managed the Cubs and Leo Durocher the Mets in 1969, Whose “Miracle” Would it Have Been?
In 1969, the New York Mets became the first 1960s-era expansion…

The Chicago White Sox, 1968–70: Three Years in Hell
Between 1951 and 1966, the Chicago White Sox outdrew the Chicago…

The ’67 White Sox: “Hitless” Destiny’s Grandchild?
The 1967 American League race holds the distinction of being…

How Good Was the White Sox’ Pitching in the 1960s?
The 1959 Chicago White Sox won the American League pennant despite…

Mr. Cub: Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks joined the Chicago Cubs in 1953 and, for the next…

The Top 10 Chicago White Sox Games of the 1950s
A look at 10 great Chicago White Sox games from a memorable and…

Andy Pafko: Darling of the 1945 Cubs
From the moment Andy Pafko put on a Chicago Cubs uniform he was…

Mel Almada: The First Hispanic to Homer at Several Historic American League Stadia
Mel Alamada's pioneering major-league career foreshadowed the…

Ted Lyons: 300 Wins—Closer with a Closer?
When he finally hung up his spikes, after hurling his last pitch…

Bibb Falk: The Only Jockey in the Majors
In the old days of professional baseball, players fistfighting…

Mike Gonzalez: The First Hispanic Cub
On September 28, 1912, 22-year-old Mike González became the…