George Castle
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Lifelong Chicagoan George Castle has turned an avocation into a vocation. Growing up in Wrigley Field’s right-field bleachers and upper-deck grandstand, Castle followed the Cubs as a fan in the 1960s and 1970s before entering the sports media in 1980. He has worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines in covering baseball. Starting in 1994, he covered all Cubs home games, spring training, and postseason runs for ”The Times of Northwest Indiana”, the Chicago- area’s fourth-largest daily newspaper. In 1994, Castle also began his syndicated weekly baseball radio show, ”Diamond Gems”, which top baseball newsmakers and often-rare vintage baseball broadcast highlights. In 1998, Castle ventured into baseball book authorship. He penned books on Harry Caray, Sammy Sosa, and the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry. In 2000, he published the previously most comprehensive book on Cubs ownership and management, ”The Million-To-One Team”. Following that work were books on throwback old-school players, baseball’s relationship to the media, and a ‘where are they now’ look at former Cubs. In 1994, Castle also began his syndicated weekly radio show, ”Diamond Gems”, which broadcasts top baseball newsmakers and often-rare vintage baseball highlights.
Baseball and the media : | Game of my life. | I remember Harry Caray | I remember Harry Caray / | Sammy Sosa : | Sweet Lou and the Cubs : | Sweet lou and the cubs : | The I-55 series : | The million-to-one-team : | Throwbacks : | Where have all our Cubs gone?