Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, the 1972 White Sox, and a Transforming Chicago

Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, the 1972 White Sox, and a Transforming ChicagoBy John Owens with Dr. David Fletcher and George Castle Paperback Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, The 1972 White Sox and A Transforming Chicago re creates a unique time and place in baseball and Chicago history, when the arrival of a controversial slugger lifted the bedraggled Sox out of a daunting hole and briefly united a fractious fan base for the two hours plus he played. Lead author John Owens, along with Dr. David Fletcher and George Castle, weave an

By John Owens with Dr. David Fletcher and George Castle

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“Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, The 1972 White Sox and A Transforming Chicago” re-creates a unique time and place in baseball and Chicago history, when the arrival of a controversial slugger lifted the bedraggled Sox out of a daunting hole and briefly united a fractious fan base for the two hours-plus he played.

Lead author John Owens, along with Dr. David Fletcher and George Castle, weave an entertaining narrative of Allen, his teammates and broadcaster Harry Caray bringing pride to a franchise that had one foot out of town to Milwaukee just 2 1/2 years previously and equal status in profile with the dominant Chicago Cubs.

The best baseball books endeavor to re-create the time, place and “feel” of a team and the people around it. “Chili Dog MVP” follows in that tradition to recall a more innocent time in baseball intertwining with the hard truths of a hyper-political city like Chicago. In both baseball and life, for which the game is often a metaphor, past is prologue.

Edited by baseball writer par excellence, George Castle. George has written 21 books, and is a historian for the Chicago Baseball Museum.