Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction      Cubs Timeline      I. THE CUBS, WRIGLEY FIELD, AND P.K. WRIGLEY Lake View, Baseball, and Wrigleyville: The History of a Chicago Neighborhood Margaret Gripshover      Wrigley Field: An Historical Basis for the Cubs’ Curse? David Bohmer      Hallowed Ivy and Sacred Sun: The Iconic Character of Wrigley Field Joseph L. Price      Philip K. Wrigley: Contrarian George Castle      Educating Wrigley: The Failed Experiment of the College of Coaches Andrew Hazucha      II. RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE CUBS Making It Home: Cap Anson, Fleet Walker, and the Romance of the National Pastime Steve Andrews      Mediocrity Under Pressure: The Integration of the Cubs as Covered by the Chicago Defender Brian Carroll      Let’s Play Two ... in Black and White: Ernie Banks and Race Relations in Chicago Gerald C. Wood      For Ken Holtzman: Wherever I May Find Terry Barr      III. THE SOCIOLOGY OF CUBDOM “I’m a Cub fan. I cannot be bought”: Onstage Fandom in Bleacher Bums James Davis      The Friendly Confines of Prose: Chicago Cubs in Fiction Tim Morris      The Voices of Cubs Broadcasters Curt Smith      Paradise Lost: Cubs Fans, the Tribune Company, and the Unfriendly Confines Ron Kates      Scoring at Home Holly Swyers      IV. PLAYERS AS ICONS John Clarkson, the 34 Million Dollar Shawn O’Hare      Hack Wilson in Chicago Bob Boone and Jerry Grunska      Gabby, Gangsters, the Great Depression, and the “Homer in the Gloamin’” William F. McNeil      Loving Ivy: Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg, and the Ideals of Cubs Nation Gerald C. Wood      V. EPILOGUE Why the Cubs Must Not Win the World Series ... Rick Moser      Selective Bibliography      About the Contributors      Index