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Comiskey Park, affectionately known as the "Base Ball Palace of the World," was the home of the Chicago White Sox for parts of nine decades, from 1910 to 1990. Despite being built on the site of a former dump, the ballpark's address was one of baseball's most iconic. At the intersection of 35th Street and Shields Avenue, it sat in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The Base Ball Palace of the World: Comiskey Park is our humble volume which aims to evoke memories of the storied ballpark and introduce others to its exciting history through detailed summaries of more than 80 games played there and several feature essays. The volume is a collaborative and tireless effort of 50 members of the Society for American Baseball Research. Among the gems presented in this book we have Big Ed Walsh's no-hitter in 1911, several Negro League contests including the 1933 All-Star Game, Game One of the 1959 World Series, Disco Demolition night, the 1983 All-Star game, and many more, including: July 1, 1910: "Baseball Palace" Opens, Bob LeMoine August 27, 1911: Big Ed Walsh No-Hitter, Gregory H. Wolf August 29, 1915: Shutout in 68 Minutes, Richard Riis October 6, 1917: World Series Arrives, John Bauer September 24, 1919: Clinch AL Pennant, Jacob Pomrenke October 9, 1919: Reds Win First Championship, Mike Lynch June 22, 1921: Hooper Homers Twice, Gordon Gattie May 29, 1925: The Line Drive That Changed History, Matthew M. Clifford July 6, 1933: A Dream Realized, Lyle Spatz August 11, 1935: The Mule Kicks the Maestro, Frank Amoroso April 16, 1940: Feller's No-Hitter, C. Paul Rogers III August 1, 1943: 51,723 See Satchel Paige, Bob Lemoine September 9, 1944: Lopat Slings Extra-Inning Gem, Tom Pardo September 26, 1947: Negro League World Series, Ken Carrano and Richard Cuicchi July 11, 1950: Schoendienst's Extra-Inning, C. Paul Rogers III October 1, 1950: Gus Zernial's Three Homers, Richard Cuicchi May 1, 1951: Miñoso & Mantle Firsts, Mark S. Sternman July 3, 1952: Eddie Robinson Knocks in Seven, Stephen D. Boren May 1, 1959: Early Wynn One-Hitter, Scott Ferkovich October 1, 1959: White Sox Clobber Dodgers, Russ Lake October 8, 1959: Dodgers Win Series, Alan Cohen June 26, 1960: Early Wynn 275th Career Victory, Mike Huber September 21, 1962: Electrifying Game-Ending Rally, Richard Riis July 15, 1963: Gary Peters Near-Perfect Game, Richard Cuicchi September 6, 1967: Four-Way Tie for First Place, Russ Lake May 17, 1968: Joe Horlen Extra-Inning Shutout, John Gabcik August 28, 1968: Convention Turmoil, Doug Feldmann September 30, 1971: Bill Melton Leads League in Homers, Joe Schuster April 18, 1972: Wilbur Wood Three-Hit Shutout, Bob Wood May 26, 1973: Two-Day Marathon, Joseph Wancho May 14, 1977: Spencer Knocks in Eight, Don Zminda July 14, 1979: Irish Night Brings Luck, Mark Mullane October 4, 1981: Season Finale, Thomas J. Brown Jr. July 7, 1982: Baines Belts Three, Katie Dickson with Gregory H. Wolf July 6, 1983: Golden All-Star Anniversary, Brian Wright October 7, 1983: Routed in First Playoff Game in 24 Years, Brian P. Wood May 8-9, 1984: Longest Game in History, Ken Carrano May 16, 1984: Carlton Fisk Hits for the Cycle, Mike Huber July 22, 1987: Baines Sets Franchise HR Record, Brandon Lee April 7, 1984: Jack Morris No-Hitter, Nathan Bierma July 17, 1989: Fisk 2,000th Hit, Paul Hofmann July 1, 1990 Hawkins Loses in No-No, Stew Thornley September 30, 1990 "Farewell, old beauty", John Bauer
Explore Bridgeport, the most political neighborhood in the most political of cities - home to five Chicago mayors and parades of politicians honoring its power at national conventions. Once a Native American village traversed by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, as Chicago grew the area was called Hardscrabble, then Cabbage Gardens, and finally Bridgeport. Immigrants built it: the Irish dredged a canal and mined a quarry that led to slaughterhouses, cooperages, rolling mills, and breweries that were worked by Germans, Bohemians, Swedes, and Poles. Held dear as the "Heart of Lithuania," muckrakers described parts of it as a heartbreaking jungle. More immigrants came: Italians, Croatians, Mexicans, Chinese. Against the backdrop of prairies, labor strife, gangways, and Joe Podsajdwokiem, this sometimes uneasy mix lived, worked, and voted together. Bridgeport still has streets that defy the city's orderly grid, settlement houses, language stews, and, for each nationality, churches and taverns. Today, it may welcome artists and expensive housing, but on summer nights stoop sitting and rooting for the White Sox remain social obligations.
Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game itself but a variety of topics with significance beyond the diamond. Its 269 entries, which vary in length from two hundred to twenty-five hundred words, explore the game?s intersection with race, gender, art, drug abuse, entertainment, business, gambling, movies, and the shift from rural to urban society. ø Filled with larger-than-life characters, baseball legends, sports facts and firsts, important milestones, and observations about daily life and popular culture, this encyclopedia is not only an excellent reference source but also an enjoyable book to browse.
The untold story of Babe Ruth's Yankees, John McGraw's Giants, and the extraordinary baseball season of 1923. Before the 27 World Series titles -- before Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter -- the Yankees were New York's shadow franchise. They hadn't won a championship, and they didn't even have their own field, renting the Polo Grounds from their cross-town rivals the New York Giants. In 1921 and 1922, they lost to the Giants when it mattered most: in October. But in 1923, the Yankees played their first season on their own field, the newly-built, state of the art baseball palace in the Bronx called "the Yankee Stadium." The stadium was a gamble, erected in relative outerborough obscurity, and Babe Ruth was coming off the most disappointing season of his career, a season that saw his struggles on and off the field threaten his standing as a bona fide superstar. It only took Ruth two at-bats to signal a new era. He stepped up to the plate in the 1923 season opener and cracked a home run to deep right field, the first homer in his park, and a sign of what lay ahead. It was the initial blow in a season that saw the new stadium christened "The House That Ruth Built," signaled the triumph of the power game, and established the Yankees as New York's -- and the sport's -- team to beat. From that first home run of 1923 to the storybook World Series matchup that pitted the Yankees against their nemesis from across the Harlem River -- one so acrimonious that John McGraw forced his Giants to get to the Bronx in uniform rather than suit up at the Stadium -- Robert Weintraub vividly illuminates the singular year that built a classic stadium, catalyzed a franchise, cemented Ruth's legend, and forever changed the sport of baseball.
The most entertaining and comprehensive guide to every baseball fan’s dream road trip—including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition—revised and completely updated!
The most entertaining and comprehensive guide to every baseball fan’s dream road trip—including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition—revised and completely updated!
A rollicking tour of Chicago, courtesy of the city's legends and everymen.
Building the South Side explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin F. Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago’s public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction. Bachin highlights how the creation of a local terrain of civic culture was a contested process, with the battle for cultural authority transforming urban politics and blurring the line between private and public space. In the process, universities, parks and playgrounds, and commercial entertainment districts emerged as alternative arenas of civic engagement. “Bachin incisively charts the development of key urban institutions and landscapes that helped constitute the messy vitality of Chicago’s late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century public realm.”—Daniel Bluestone, Journal of American History "This is an ambitious book filled with important insights about issues of public space and its use by urban residents. . . . It is thoughtful, very well written, and should be read and appreciated by anyone interested in Chicago or cities generally. It is also a gentle reminder that people are as important as structures and spaces in trying to understand urban development." —Maureen A. Flanagan, American Historical Review
An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic. From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals the manifestations of a changing society: the earliest ballparks evoked the Victorian age in their accommodations--bleachers for the riffraff, grandstands for the middle-class; the "concrete donuts" of the 1950s and '60s made plain television's grip on the public's attention; and more recent ballparks, like Baltimore's Camden Yards, signal a new way forward for stadium design and for baseball's role in urban development. Throughout, Goldberger shows us the way in which baseball's history is concurrent with our cultural history: the rise of urban parks and public transportation; the development of new building materials and engineering and design skills. And how the site details and the requirements of the game--the diamond, the outfields, the walls, the grandstands--shaped our most beloved ballparks. A fascinating, exuberant ode to the Edens at the heart of our cities--where dreams are as limitless as the outfields.