{"product_id":"2940151053730","title":"The National Pastime: Summer 2015 Issue: North Side, South Side, All Around the Town: Baseball in Chicago","description":"For general public: \u003cbr\u003eSince 2009, The National Pastime has served as SABR's convention-focused publication. Published annually, this research journal provides in-depth articles focused on the respective geographic region where the national convention is taking place in a given year. The SABR 45 convention took place in Chicago, and here are 46 articles on baseball in and around the bat-and-ball crazed Windy City. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Stuart Shea\u003cbr\u003eSputtering Towards Respectability: Chicago's Journey to the Big Leagues by Brian McKenna\u003cbr\u003eThe Windy City – Collar City Connection:The Curious Relationship of Chicago's and Troy (NY)'s Professional Baseball Teams (1870–82) by Jeff Laing\u003cbr\u003eMike González:The First Hispanic Cub by Lou Hernández\u003cbr\u003eBibb Falk: The Only Jockey in the Majors by Matthew M. Clifford\u003cbr\u003eTed Lyons: 300 Wins--Closer with a Closer? by Herm Krabbenhoft \u003cbr\u003eMel Almada: The First Hispanic to Homer at Several Historic American League Stadia by Lou Hernández \u003cbr\u003eAndy Pafko: Darling of the 1945 Cubs by Joe Niese \u003cbr\u003eBill Murray's Prediction by Rob Edelman\u003cbr\u003eThe Top 10 Chicago White Sox Games of the 1950s by Stephen D. Boren \u003cbr\u003eMr. Cub by Joseph Wancho \u003cbr\u003eHow Good Was the White Sox' Pitching in the 1960s? by Brendan Bingham \u003cbr\u003eThe '67 White Sox: \"Hitless\" Destiny's Grandchild? by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte \u003cbr\u003eThe Chicago White Sox, 1968–70: Three Years in Hell by Sam Pathy\u003cbr\u003eBlack Sox on Film by Rob Edelman \u003cbr\u003eIf Gil Hodges Managed the Cubs and Leo Durocher the Mets in 1969, Whose \"Miracle\" Would it Have Been? by Mort Zachter\u003cbr\u003eSplit Season 1981, Chicago Style by Jeff Katz \u003cbr\u003ePalmer House Stars by Leslie Heaphy \u003cbr\u003eThe Peculiar Professional Baseball Career of Eddie Gaedel by Eric Robinson \u003cbr\u003eWhen They Were Just Boys: Chicago and Youth Baseball Take Center Stage by Alan Cohen \u003cbr\u003eStories of the White Sox: Farrell, Lardner, and Algren by James Hawking\u003cbr\u003eCurse of the Billy Goat: An Adaptive Coping Strategy for Cubs Fans by Jeremy Ashton Houska, Ph.D. \u003cbr\u003eOf Black Sox, Ball Yards, and Monty Stratton: Chicago Baseball Movies by Rob Edelman \u003cbr\u003eMemories That Will Never Go-Go by Francis Kinlaw\u003cbr\u003eChicago Goes Hollywood: The Cubs, Wrigley Field, and Popular Culture by David Krell \u003cbr\u003eBuying the White Sox: A Comic Opera Starring Bill Veeck, Hank Greenberg, and Chuck Comiskey by John Rosengren\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Hulbert: Father of Professional Sports Leagues by David Bohmer\u003cbr\u003eThe Western Baseball Tours of 1879 by Brock Helander\u003cbr\u003eThe Legacy of the Players League's 1890 Chicago Pirates by Gordon Gattie\u003cbr\u003eThere Was Almost No World Series in 1905, Too: How Charlie Comiskey Could Have Ended the Fall Classic Before it Started by Chuck Hildebrandt\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Best Day: When Chicago Had Three First-Place Teams by Mark S. Sternman\u003cbr\u003eWhy did Wrigley, Lasker, and the Chicago Cubs Join a Presidential Campaign? by Mark Souder\u003cbr\u003eSilas K. Johnson: An Illinois Farm Boy Who Made Baseball History by Matthew M. Clifford\u003cbr\u003eA Fall Classic Comedy, Game Six, 1945 by John Rosengren\u003cbr\u003eBears, Cubs, and a Moose, Oh My by Joseph Wancho\u003cbr\u003eDean of Chicanery: Jerry Reinsdorf's Plan to Enlist Hank Greenberg to Umpire the Northwestern Law School Student-Faculty Game and How it Backfired by John Rosengren\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't Tell Them Any Different\": 'Don Kessinger Night' Caps a Long Career by Mark Randall\u003cbr\u003eLasting Impressions of Harry Caray by Suzanne Wright\u003cbr\u003eThe Game That Was Not: Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs, August 8, 1988 by Steven Glassman\u003cbr\u003eThe Chicago History Museum's Baseball Photo Treasure Trove: The Chicago Daily News Glass Plate Negative Collection by Mark Fimoff\u003cbr\u003eFrom the North Side to the Deep South by Francis Kinlaw","brand":"Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112826650864,"sku":"2940151053730","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151053730_p0.jpg?v=1763757823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151053730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}