Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Introduction     
Cubs Timeline     

I. THE CUBS, WRIGLEY FIELD, AND P.K. WRIGLEY
Lake View, Baseball, and Wrigleyville: The History of a Chicago Neighborhood
Margaret Gripshover     
Wrigley Field: An Historical Basis for the Cubs’ Curse?
David Bohmer     
Hallowed Ivy and Sacred Sun: The Iconic Character of Wrigley Field
Joseph L. Price     
Philip K. Wrigley: Contrarian
George Castle     
Educating Wrigley: The Failed Experiment of the College of Coaches
Andrew Hazucha     

II. RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE CUBS
Making It Home: Cap Anson, Fleet Walker, and the Romance of the National Pastime
Steve Andrews     
Mediocrity Under Pressure: The Integration of the Cubs as Covered by the Chicago Defender
Brian Carroll     
Let’s Play Two ... in Black and White: Ernie Banks and Race Relations in Chicago
Gerald C. Wood     
For Ken Holtzman: Wherever I May Find
Terry Barr     

III. THE SOCIOLOGY OF CUBDOM
“I’m a Cub fan. I cannot be bought”: Onstage Fandom in Bleacher Bums
James Davis     
The Friendly Confines of Prose: Chicago Cubs in Fiction
Tim Morris     
The Voices of Cubs Broadcasters
Curt Smith     
Paradise Lost: Cubs Fans, the Tribune Company, and the Unfriendly Confines
Ron Kates     
Scoring at Home
Holly Swyers     

IV. PLAYERS AS ICONS
John Clarkson, the 34 Million Dollar
Shawn O’Hare     
Hack Wilson in Chicago
Bob Boone and Jerry Grunska     
Gabby, Gangsters, the Great Depression, and the “Homer in the Gloamin’”
William F. McNeil     
Loving Ivy: Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg, and the Ideals of Cubs Nation
Gerald C. Wood     

V. EPILOGUE
Why the Cubs Must Not Win the World Series ...
Rick Moser     

Selective Bibliography     
About the Contributors     
Index