Title: Wrigley Field :
Authors: Berkow, Ira.; Noel, Josh.
Date: 2014
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang,
Physical description: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: G
Abstract: This tribute to the one and only, written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ira Berkow, is timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field in 2014. Wrigley Field brilliantly and beautifully documents the stadiums entire career through a decade by decade account, a priceless collection of historical photographs and memorabilia, and vivid first person reminiscences of the people to whom this great place has meant so much. Notable fans interviewed for this book include Barack Obama, Scott Turow, Joe Mantegna, Sara Paretsky, Jim Bouton, and George F. Will, among others.
Contents: Foreword / by Kerry Wood -- Preface / by former U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens -- Introduction : the boy, the man, and the ballpark -- 1914-1929 : Tinker to Evers to Alexander the Great -- 1930-1945 : from "the called shot" to "neither team can win the series" -- 1946-1965 : could you lose a fly ball in the moon? -- 1966-1983 : Leo the lip, Sweet Billy, and the great baseball rant -- 1984-1997 : let there be lights -- 1998-2002 : the home-run chase heard round the world -- 2003-2010 : the foul ball that will live in infamy -- 1921 to the present : the monster of the midway and others -- Wrigley memories.
Subject headings (LCSH): Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History.; Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)--History.