Chicago, IL

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Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, located in northern Illinois, on the western shore of Lake Michigan, 90 miles south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Chicago is one of two cities, along with Boston, MA, to have hosted major league baseball without interruption since the foundation of the National League in 1876; in its case, the city's first major league team, the Chicago White Stockings, is the direct ancestor of today's Cubs. The city did miss a couple of years when the National Association was in activity, in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Traditionally, the Cubs represent the north side of Chicago, while the White Sox represent the South side. Chicago's nickname is "the Windy City".

Teams that have played here[edit]

Persons who were born here[edit]

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Further Reading[edit]

  • Alan Cohen: "When they Were Just Boys: Chicago and Youth Baseball Take Center Stage", in Stuart Shea, ed.: North Side, South Side, All Around Town, The National Pastime, SABR, 2015. ISBN 978-1-93359987-8
  • Charles DeMotte: James T. Farrell and Baseball: Dreams and Realism on Chicago’s South Side, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2019 ISBN 978-0803296435
  • Ron Edelman: "Of Black Sox, Ball Yards, and Monty Stratton: Chicago Baseball Movies", in Stuart Shea, ed.: North Side, South Side, All Around Town, The National Pastime, SABR, 2015. ISBN 978-1-93359987-8
  • Leslie A. Heaphy, ed.: Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues' Most Important City, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2006.
  • Leslie Heaphy: "Palmer House Stars", in Stuart Shea, ed.: North Side, South Side, All Around Town, The National Pastime, SABR, 2015. ISBN 978-1-93359987-8
  • Richard Hershberger: "Chicago's Role in Early Professional Baseball", in The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 40, Number 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 9-11.
  • Jeff Laing: "The Windy City-Collar City Connection: The Curious Relationship of Chicago’s and Troy (NY)’s Professional Baseball Teams (1870–1882)", in Stuart Shea, ed.: North Side, South Side, All Around Town, The National Pastime, SABR, 2015. ISBN 978-1-93359987-8
  • Brian McKenna: "Sputtering Towards Respectability: Chicago's Journey to the Big Leagues", in Stuart Shea, ed.: North Side, South Side, All Around Town, The National Pastime, SABR, 2015. ISBN 978-1-93359987-8
  • Justin Mckinney: "Just Like a Big Leaguer: The Chicago Tribune Amateur Baseball Contest of 1915", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 1 (spring 2018), pp. 66-71.
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