Sox vs. Cubs: a Year of Baseball in Black and Blue

There are few rivalries in any sport as heated amongst their fan bases as that of those who follow the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. Spend a year inside that brotherly discord through the insulting, observational, hilarious and provocative email exchanges between a North Side loyalist and a South Side fanatic.Baseball in Black and Blue takes you week by week through the 2011 season, all the way to the historic management changes on both sides of town. Along the way, the...
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There are few rivalries in any sport as heated amongst their fan bases as that of those who follow the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. Spend a year inside that brotherly discord through the insulting, observational, hilarious and provocative email exchanges between a North Side loyalist and a South Side fanatic.Baseball in Black and Blue takes you week by week through the 2011 season, all the way to the historic management changes on both sides of town. Along the way, the authors evoke the ghosts of successes and failures past of both storied franchises, the teams' heroes and goats, and parks that helped form their loyalties.This book is a must-read for fans of Chicago baseball in particular, and for anyone who loves the National Pastime.