TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 12 14 16 20 24 2 6 28 CHAPTER MEET THE CUBS GLORY DAYS HOME TURF DRESSED FOR SUCCESS WE WON Go To GUYS CALLING THE SHOTS ONE GREAT DAY LEGEND HAS IT IT REALLY HAPPENED TEAM SPIRIT TIMELINE FUN FACTS TALKING BASEBALL GREAT DEBATES FOR THE RECORD PINPOINTS GLOSSARY EXTRA INNINGS 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 47 48 INDEX ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
MEET THE CUBS n baseball's early days it took fans only a few minutes to get to the ballpark Teams played on fields that were built near houses and businesses and close to bus and train lines When the home team won neighbors could hear the crowd roar from their homes The Chicago Cubs have been a neighborhood team for more than a century That is why their fans think of the players as family The Cubs play at Wrigley Field Going there is like entering a time machine Very little has changed over the years Ivy still grows on the brick walls in the outfield The players chat with the fans before games sometimes during them The crowd hangs on every pitch This book tells the story of the Cubs The players the teams ballpark and the fans are part of baseball history Every time the Cubs take the field and their fans settle into their seats they are adding another chapter to the longest running story in American sports The Cubs are a neighborhood team So the entire neighborhood of Chicago celebrates when they win a
