Wrigley Field's Last World Series: The Wartime Chicago Cubs and the Pennant of 1945

By Charles N. Billington

Book Overview

Relive the Chicago Cubs? historic 1945 season, the last time the team won a pennant. Charles N. Billington paints an evolving portrait of the season and its players, and chronicles the effects of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893121453
• ISBN13: 9781893121454
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Lake Claremont Press
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Especially recommended reading for Cubs fans

Wrigley Field's Last World Series: The Wartime Chicago Cubs And The Pennant Of 1945 is an in-depth analysis of the Cubs' greatest year in baseball history - with a summary of the causes of the team's decline in all the decades to follow. As World War II was coming to an end, the Cubs' were at their very best; Wrigley Field's Last World Series follows their efforts month by month until their crowning achievement of the World Series pennant. Yet after 1945, the Cubs' performance and success dropped dramatically, which author Billington attests to multiple causes, including disastrously poor trades, an sluggish and flawed system to "farm" new talent, the toll of wartime draft, and more. A skillfully narrated look at the year that was a monumental turning point, featuring a handful of black-and- white photography by George Brace. Especially recommended reading for Cubs fans.