Murphy's Ticket: The Goofy Start and Glorious End of the Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse

Herzog, Brad

ISBN 10: 1585363871 / ISBN 13: 9781585363872

Published by Sleeping Bear Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Murphy's Ticket: The Goofy Start and Glorious End of the Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585363871
• ISBN 13: 9781585363872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Leonard, David
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

For 108 years, fans of Chicago Cubs baseball suffered every playoff season, with mishap after mishap each being traced back to 1945 when a friendly goat was kicked out of a World Series game. But the 2016 season felt different. Would this finally be the year that the Billy Goat Curse was reversed? Author Brad Herzog tells the story of the curse's origin and follows the Cubs right through that fateful November night in 2016 when the Cubbies could finally fly the "W."

About the Authors

Chicago native Brad Herzog's first published story was the tale of his brief stint as a big league bat boy. He has watched the Cubs play from the box seats, the bleachers, the press box, even the Wrigleyville rooftops. Among his numerous books for Sleeping Bear Press are baseball books--H is for Home Run, Full Count, Little Baseball, I Spy With My Little Eye Baseball, and W is for Wrigley: The Friendly Confines Alphabet. A multiple winner from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Brad has written dozens of other books about subjects ranging from soccer and small-town America to civil rights and saving the planet. He now lives on California's Monterey Peninsula with his wife, but visits schools around the country as a guest author, inspiring students about the joys of reading and writing and the possibilities of imagination.

David Leonard has worked with clients such as Major League Baseball. His children’s books include Today on Election Day. He lives in West Orange, New Jersey.