Roberts Ehrgott
Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began when the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley decided to build the worldâ€™s greatest ball club in the nationâ€™s Second City. In this Jazz Age center, the maverick Wrigley exploited the revolutionary technology of broadcasting to attract eager throngs of women to his renovated ballpark.,Mr. Wrigleyâ€™s Ball Club, transports us to this heady era of baseball history and introduces the team at its crazy heartâ€”an amalgam of rakes, pranksters, schemers, and choirboys who take center stage in memorable successes, equally memorable disasters, and shadowy intrigue. Readers take front-row seats to meet Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis â€œHackâ€ Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their colorful if less-extolled teammates and the Cubsâ€™ nemesis, Babe Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigleyâ€™s ball club with one emphatic swing.,Â 
Sports,Baseball,History,Sports,Sports,Nonfiction
Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club: Chicago and the Cubs during the Jazz Age