Did the Cubs throw the 1918 World Series?
May 10, 2011 by Edward Kasputis
Filed under News
1918 World Series: Cubs vs. Red Sox
This week is Cubs’ week with our podcast featuring the Chicago Cubs being released on Friday, May 13th. Did the 1918 Cubs teach the 1919 Black Sox how to throw a World Series? Ed Kasputis will be interviewing Sean Deveney about his book, The Original Curse in the first of a two part interview spanning two podcasts.
The 1918 Major League season was like no other. America had entered World War I. The U.S. Government had passed a work or fight law. Major League Baseball started its season not knowing if the U.S. Government would shut it down at any time. Players were getting drafted and leaving for military service during the season. Deveney paints a wonderful word picture on what our country was going through and sets the stage for the 1918 World Series.
“The Original Curse really taught me many things that I did not know,” said Ed Kasputis, Creative Director of Baseball PhD. “This book is the perfect Baseball PhD book. You’ll learn a lot about baseball but more importantly you’ll learn a lot about our country’s history. Deveney’s web site for this book is also a thinking man’s treasure.”
1918 Pandemic
National World War I Museum in Kansas City
Chicago Cubs Team Pulse
Listen to our 2010 Chicago Cubs Podcast
Past Posts about the Chicago Cubs
Harry Caray – His Best Calls
February 3, 2011 by Edward Kasputis
Filed under News
Baseball’s Showman
Harry Caray, born Harry Christopher Carabina, (March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998) was an American baseball broadcaster on radio and television. He covered four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with a long tenure calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Oakland Athletics (for one year) the Chicago White Sox (for eleven years), before ending his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
Our podcast featuring Harry Caray will be released on Friday, February 11th.
Calls to Remember
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I’m Just Wild about Harry
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