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Chicago Cubs: Seasons at the Summit, the 50 Greatest Individual Seasons

3 reviews
Warren Wilbert

Sagamore Publishing, 1999

Will it be updated for Sammy Sosa?
It was awfully coincidental that this type of book comes out in the same year when Sammy Sosa has probably the most productive season in modern Cub history. I was puzzled as to how the authors came up with such determinations as "fielding runs prevented"...which tended to bolster the statistics of many old-time Cubs. I think the most valuable aspect of this book is the insight it lends; the ...

New York Yankees: Seasons of Glory

2 reviews
William Hageman, Warren N. Wilbert

Jonathan David Publishers, 1999

A fun read!
I truly enjoyed this book. Each piece (and there are 50!) takes you back to the particular year! It has all the stats on the individual player in his best season. It has lots of fantastic photos and a terrific section on the 1998 Yankees! At the end of the book, there is a section that allows me to record my own memorable seasons with my favorite team! A must have for every Yankee fan, and ...

Honus: The Life And Times Of A Baseball Hero

2 reviews
William Hageman

Diane Pub Co, 1996

Honus: The life and Times of A Baseball Hero
I thought this book was a great biography of one of baseball's least appreciated stars. It starts with his beginnings in the mines to his death in 1955. I thought this book had too many minor details in his retirement ventures. I think this is a book that all baseball fans will enjoy.

The 1917 White Sox: Their World Championship Season
Warren N. Wilbert, William C. Hageman

McFarland & Company, 2003

The 1917 Chicago White Sox had its roots in terrible frustration over eleventh hour pennant losses as far back as 1907 and 1908. Charles Comiskey, one of the founding fathers of the American League and a man who dealt poorly with mediocrity and losing, had fussed and fumed for nearly a decade until he finally put together a team that would take him back to the World Series and win it all. This work chronicles the 1917 White Sox - the team that ...