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Banks to Sandberg to Grace: Five Decades of Love and Frustration with the Chicago Cubs

by Carrie Muskat

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An oral history of five decades in Cubs baseball

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An oral history of five decades in Cubs baseball

Carrie Muskat assembles more than 60 first-person accounts spanning 50 years of Chicago Cubs history. The book’s perspective extends beyond the players: team employees and broadcasters contribute memories of daily life around the club, relationships within the organization, and encounters with its fans. Anecdotes from Hank Sauer, equipment manager Yosh Kawano, and WGN-TV producer Arne Harris point to a portrait built from many roles rather than a single season-by-season record. A foreword by Chicago sportswriter Bob Verdi accompanies this collection of personal recollections.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Chicago Cubs fans interested in the team’s past
  • Baseball readers who enjoy oral histories and firsthand accounts
  • Fans interested in the people working behind the scenes of a ballclub

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Chicago Cubs historyBaseball memoriesTeam cultureFans and broadcastingBehind-the-scenes sports life

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Book overview

Banks to Sandberg to Grace brings together more than 60 first-person accounts from the past 50 years of Cubs baseball. Each of the storytellers whose voices are heard throughout shares his or her personal, revealing account of what it was like to play or work for the Cubs. Hank Sauer laughs about fans in the bleachers throwing tobacco at him. The team's longtime equipment manager, Yosh Kawano, talks about gaining the trust and friendship of players such as Ryne Sandberg. And WGN-TV producer Arne Harris reminisces about sharing an earpiece with Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray. Includes a foreword by Chicago sportswriter Bob Verdi.

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