Living the dream : an inside account of the 2008 Cubs season / Jim McArdle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McArdle, Jim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicago Cubs (Baseball team).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Triumph Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>Legendary broadcaster Jack Brickhouse once said ""any team can have a bad century."" He was joking, of course, but the Chicago Cubs franchise, whose games he worked for decades, entered 2008 on the brink of making his words come painfully true. A number of expansion teams in the four major sports never have won a World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, or NBA title in their brief histories. But no team ever has gone 100 years without winning a championship. Following the Cubs' quest to avert that infamous distinction is the backdrop for <I>Living the Dream</I>, which, for author Jim McArdl

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Foreword by Len Kasper; Foreword by Ron Santo; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Wrigleyville; 2 Construction Season; 3 April; 4 May; 5 June; 6 July; 7 August; 8 September; 9 October

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61749-790-8

OCLC:

797917631