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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

His baseball broadcasting career spanned three metropolises and four major league teams.

Lasting Impressions of Harry Caray

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

Left-hander was the Cubs' big winner in 1915.

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

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

the eager young Yankees first sacker.

Bears, Cubs, and a Moose, Oh My

Detroit Tigers star hit a game-tying homer in Game 6 of the 1945 World Series.

A Fall Classic Comedy: Game Six, 1945

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

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?

Albert Spalding was a great pitcher and an even greater entrepreneur. (National Baseball Hall of Fame)

The Western Baseball Tours of 1879

White Sox owner was portrayed as a villain in John Sayles' film adaptation of

There Was Almost No World Series in 1905, Too: How Charlie Comiskey Could Have Ended the Fall Classic Before it Started

Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

The Legacy of the Players’ League: 1890 Chicago Pirates

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

Chicago History Museum’s Baseball Photo Treasure Trove: Chicago Daily News Glass Plate Negative Collection

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The National Pastime: Baseball in Chicago (2015)