Between the baseball-rich cities of Chicago and St. Louis lies a stretch of highway, known as Interstate 55, that has been the battleground for the hearts and minds of baseball fans for generations. 1-55 bridges the 294-mile gap between these two great midwestern hubs. The 1-55 Series offers baseball fans the opportunity to recall one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports, the Cubs vs. the Cardinals. From Hornsby vs. Tinkers to Evers to Chance, to Musial vs. Banks, to Gibson vs. Jenkins, to McGwire vs. Sosa, many of baseball's greatest players have served as catalysts to spark this intense rivalry.
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A native Chicagoan, George Castle covers the Chicago Cubs and the White Sox for the "Times of Northwest Indiana," the Chicago area's fourth largest newspaper. His weekly radio program, Diamond Gems, is broadcast on forty stations. He is the author of seven other books, including "Where Have All Our Cubs Gone?," "The Million To One Team: Why The Chicago Cubs Haven't Won the Pennant Since 1945," and "I Remember Harry Caray,"
Rygelski is a St. Louis Cardinals beat reporter, and an active memeber of SABR.
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I-55 Series: Not as captivating as the game, but a good read,
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As a life-long Cardinal fan, I have experienced the joy and pain of the Cardinals-Cubs series. When I found this book, I snatched it right up. The book is woven with the stories of the players and all involved with the rivalry. Stories of some of the greatest games between the teams, the players who have seen both sides of the match-ups, and individual heroics bring the baseball and human side to life. If you are looking for heavy lore on the game, this book is not for you. But if you are looking for a book that brings some of the finer points of the rivalry out, and allows you to hear from some of the participants, this may be right. I found myself reading along with no concept of time or page numbers. My main criticism of this book is there were some factual errors found and several misspellings or typos. They seemed to stand out as ones that should have been caught, but somehow, were not.
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NOBODY who has ever been involved in the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry-as a player, manager, front-office executive, broadcaster or fan-is neutral about it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bleacher bums, shutout innings, sacrifice fly, pennant race, tying run Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Busch Stadium, Lou Brock, National League, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, Leo Durocher, Stan Musial, New York, Bob Gibson, White Sox, Harry Caray, Bruce Sutter, White Stockings, Ryne Sandberg, Sportsman's Park, Curt Flood, Fergie Jenkins, Mike Shannon, Red Schoendienst, Ernie Broglio, Louis Post-Dispatch, American League, Don Kessinger, Mark Grace New!
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NOBODY who has ever been involved in the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry-as a player, manager, front-office executive, broadcaster or fan-is neutral about it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bleacher bums, shutout innings, sacrifice fly, pennant race, tying run Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Busch Stadium, Lou Brock, National League, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, Leo Durocher, Stan Musial, New York, Bob Gibson, White Sox, Harry Caray, Bruce Sutter, White Stockings, Ryne Sandberg, Sportsman's Park, Curt Flood, Fergie Jenkins, Mike Shannon, Red Schoendienst, Ernie Broglio, Louis Post-Dispatch, American League, Don Kessinger, Mark Grace New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story by Cindy Thomson on 5 pages
- Holy Cow by Harry Caray on 4 pages
- Sammy Sosa: Clearing the Vines by George Castle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Spirit Of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 130
- New York Giants by Julian May on page 235
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