The Best Chicago Sports Arguments Mullin Sourcebooks Inc.

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Whos the best?

Veteran Chicago sportswriter John Moon Mullin takes you inside the 100 best debates in Chicago sports. Covering the Bears, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and beyond, every question you want to debate is here-as well as a few surprises.

Who wins?
Butkus vs. Payton or Sayers vs. Urlacher

Who is the best Chicago announcer?
Jack, Harry…or?

NBAs best?
Jordans Bulls, Magics Lakers or Birds Celtics?

Who really killed the 85 Bears?
Was it just McCaskey?

The Ultimate Bears Coach?
Papa Bear or Da Coach?

Who does Chicago most love to hate?
A Piston, a Packer or one of our own?

Every Chicago fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them-picking the best, the worst and who will come out on top. And no city tears its sports teams apart like we do in the Windy City!
Veteran Chicago sportswriter John “Moon” Mullin takes you inside the 100 best debates in Chicago sports. Covering the Bears, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and beyond, every question you want to debate is here-as well as a few surprises.

Arguments include:
Who wins? Butkus vs. Payton. Sayers vs. Urlacher
Who is the best Chicago announcer? Jack, Harry…or?
NBA’s best? Jordan’s Bulls, Magic’s Lakers or Bird’s Celtics?
Who really killed the ’85 Bears? Was it just McCaskey?
The Ultimate Bears Coach? Papa Bear or Da Coach?
Who does Chicago most love to hate? A Piston, a Packer or one of our own?

The Best Chicago Sports Arguments

The Great Book of Chicago Sports Lists

Dan Danny Mac McNeil has held the prime afternoon-drive slot on both Chicago sports-talk radio stations, WSCR The Score (AM 670) and ESPN (AM 1000) since 1992. In May 2001, he joined ESPN Radio and took the station to unprecedented ratings success. As of May 2009, McNeil will rejoin The Score as the afternoon host. He writes a weekly column for the Chicago Sun-Times. He lives in Chicago.

Ed Sherman was a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune for 27 years, covering everything from the White Sox to the Bears 1985 Super Bowl team to professional golf to local high-school athletics. If anyone knows the Chicago sports scene, its Ed Sherman. He lives in Chicago.

Chicago sports fans are the most passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated in the country. Now, the Windy Citys top sports-radio jock and a longtime native sportswriter engage this phenomenon with a compilation of informative and entertaining lists sure to stir up dialogue and debate within the buzzing Chicago sports scene. With original contributions from top Chicago sports and entertainment personalities such as Norm Van Lier, Bill Wennington, Dan Jiggetts, Pat Hughes, Len Kasper, John McDonough, Mike North, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and many more, this is a must-have reference and entertaining read for all jocks, wannabes, haters, dreamers, and died-in-the-wool Chicago sports fans.
The Great Book of Chicago Sports Lists (Great Book of Sports Lists)

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Comments

Ben Almeida

July 30th, 2010 at 1:28 AM


I bought this book as a gift. It was perfect for the Chicago fan who has everything!
ROFLMAO

July 30th, 2010 at 4:52 PM


As a Chicago sports fan, I enjoyed this book, but when I rated it I tried to step back from being a Chicago fan to being a sports fan. Some folks outside of Chicago might enjoy this book, but not many. Even those in Chicago will only be marginally interested. Let’s face it, sports radio is the real venue for these types of arguments, not books.

Still, if you’re a Chicago sports fan, you’ll enjoy Mullin’s book. You’ll find things to argue with (and that’s the point) and you’ll find things you’ll agree with, and you’ll remember things that’ll still drive you nuts, like 1984, 2003…oh, who am I kidding? All of Cubs history will drive you nuts, unless, of course your a Sox fan. Some of the debates are boring, such as which golf courses are best and what killed tennis in Chicago, but all in all it’s interesing. But, like I said, these are arguments better heard on the radio.

The organization of the book was nice – no debate will take more than a few minutes to read, so it’s easy to pick it up for only a few minutes a day and read a complete section.

I can’t disagree with most of Mullin’s arguments, but I do take issue with a few of his comments:
1) He calls Nolan Ryan an “over-hyped sham” – Ryan won over three hundred games with some of the worst teams in MLB. He could have won 370, possibly 400, if he had ever played for a decent team. For instance, he had the best ERA one season but finished 7-17.
2) He says Ted Lyons won “only” 260 games. Only 260? That’s a huge total.
3) Sosa’s 66 home runs are only “marginally more” than Hack’s 56. If by marginally you mean only a month’s total (in a six month season), then I guess you’re right.

But really, aren’t those arguments what make sports fun? I recommend this book for Chicago sports fans, but I can’t give it a high rating, because there’s nothing particularly original about it and it won’t reach much of an audience outside Chicago.

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