The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs

The history of Chicago's first major league team, packed with photos, stories, and profiles from the archives of their hometown newspaper.The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseball's most beloved (if hard-luck) teams, starting with the franchise's beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and ending with the triumphant 2016 World Series championship.For over a century, the Chicago Tribune has documented every Cubs season through original reporting, photography, and box scores. For the first time, this mountain of Cubs history has been mined and curated by the paper's sports department into a single one-of-a-kind volume. Each era in Cubs history includes its own timeline, profiles of key players and coaches, and feature stories that highlight it all, from the heavy hitters to the no-hitters to the one-hit wonders.And of course, you can't talk about the Cubs without talking about Wrigley Field. In this book, readers will find a complete history of that most sacred of American stadiums, where Hack Wilson batted in 191 runs-still the major-league record-in 1930, where Sammy Sosa earned the moniker "Slammin' Sammy," and where fans congregated, even when the team was on the road, throughout its scintillating championship run.

ForewordIntroductionAbout This BookChapter 1: The 1800s: Diamonds in the roughChapter 2: The 1900s: Glory daysChapter 3: The 1910s: Heading for homeChapter 4: The 1920s: Building a foundationChapter 5: The 1930s: 0-for-OctoberChapter 6: The 1940s: War gamesChapter 7: The 1950s: A lone-star stateChapter 8: The 1960s: Change-makers, heartbreakersChapter 9: The 1970s: Running on emptyChapter 10: The 1980s: Flipping the switchChapter 11: The 1990s: Slammin' Sammy and Kid KChapter 12: The 2000s: Slipped their gripChapter 13: The 2010s: The best-laid plansExtra Innings: The Best of the CubsThe BallparksThe Trophy CaseThe Postseason SeriesThe No-HittersThe Top 5 Best TradesThe Top 5 Worst TradesThe BroadcastersLegends, Curses and MythsCreditsIndex