Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America

by David Rapp

Book Overview

Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a first baseman. But together they were an unstoppable force. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance came together in rough-and-tumble early twentieth-century Chicago and soon formed the defensive core of the most formidable team in big league baseball, leading the Chicago Cubs to four National League pennants and two World Series championships from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022641504X
• ISBN13: 9780226415048
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"