When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906
by Bernard A. Weisberger
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Author: Bernard A. WeisbergerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2006-04-10
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Reviews of When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906
Book Review: Gripping, Readable look at Baseball in 1906
Summary: 4 Stars
This intense look at baseball's first City Series recreates the feel of the game in 1906. Author Bernard Weisberger describes this exciting World Series in the pre-TV, pre-radio era of dead-ball day games and tiny wooden ballparks, when tiny gloves, legal spitballs, trains, streetcars, and horse-drawn wagons were part of the scene. Readers learn about the history of both teams and leagues. The talented 1906 Cubs had a record of 116-36 (still the best ever), while the underdog White Sox won 19 straight via solid pitching and effective offense despite their misleading ?Hitless Wonders? label. Weisberger seats us in the packed grandstand with his tense descriptions of each game, and of stars like Ed Walsh, Three Finger Brown (my grandfather's favorite), Nick Altrock, Joe Tinker, John Evers, Frank Chance, etc. We see how the White Sox took the Series in six games, leading to all-night celebrations (the Cubs then won in 1907-08, but at this writing never since). There is also an appendix with team stats, information about the players after baseball, and a brief description of the Sox 2005 title (Chicago's first since 1917).
I gave just four stars because Weisberger misstates a couple facts, barely mentions the often bitter Cubs-Sox rivalry, and mislabels a photo of Cubs park as Sox park. He also suggests the 1906 Sox had no offense - but they were 3rd in the league in runs. Still, this is an appealing book for Cubs fans, Sox fans (I'm one), and others with an interest in a tense World Series that must have appealed to many of our great-grandparents.
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