"Chicago Cub fans, that numerous and inexplicable cohort, have a weird rallying cry: 'Remember 1908!' Not one of them really does remember that season, the last time the Cubs won the World Series. That is all the more reason for them to join Cait Murphy on her jaunty walk through that tumultuous season. All other baseball fans should tag along. So should anyone interested in the rough texture of this bumptious nation in the early 20th century, when 25 cents — not a piddling amount for a low-skilled factory worker making $7 a week — would get you into a ballpark where whiskey, waffles and pigs’ knuckles were served."
NYT: Perfect Season - George F. Will
Hardball Times: Crazy '08
Cardboard Gods: Interview with Cait Murphy
Lit Bases
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Dan Agonistes
amazon: Crazy '08
2011 April: Dead-ball era
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