... . The atmosphere at Wrigley Field is something that confirms for me, along with other, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans that we indeed are loyal lovers of the team that has "character ". "Cub fans under age fifty may find it hard to fathom, but there was a time when the Cubs were not thought of as perennial doormats, " David Folk writes in his ... industrial power of the Midwest, Chicago had the resources to bring in and pay those players, entertain the crowds that would come out to games, and attract high quality teams (Melville 47). In 1870, the White Stockings played a single season i...

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