The Babe Book; Baseball's Greatest Legend Remembered

by Ernestine Miller

• ISBN13: 9780740710124
• ISBN10: 0740710125
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

He last played the game over 65 years ago, yet Babe Ruth remains an American icon -- the first superstar of sports. Named the Greatest Baseball Player of the 20th Century by the sports media. George Herman Ruth epitomizes the best of baseball history and is still one of the most beloved sports heroes of all time.

Babe's life and career are given a fresh look in The Babe Book, which tells the story through his amazing statistics, over 90 black-and-white and color photographs (many never before published), and fascinating anecdotes from the people who knew him and studied him -- ball players, learn males, managers, sportswriters, radio announcers, historians, family, and friends. Readers will fell the force of his swing, share in his jovial charisma, be touched by his love of children, laugh at his caustic humor, and by entertained by his endless energy. This book will appeal to ardent baseball fans as well as casual sports aficionados -- it's a truly captivating new look at the Sultan of Swat.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Julia Ruth Stevens
Acknowledgments	x
Introduction	1	(4)
A Boy in Baltimore	5	(12)
Ruth the Pitcher	17	(16)
Sportswriters and Media on the Babe	33	(24)
Players and Managers on the Babe	57	(20)
Ballparks, Booze, Boasts, and Other ``Bits'' on Babe	77	(20)
The Greatest Slugger	97	(20)
A Force in the Field	117	(6)
The Historic 60th Home Run	123	(14)
The Called Shot	137	(12)
Babe and the Kids	149	(12)
Ruth's Desire to Be a Manager	161	(6)
Babe on the Babe	167	(12)
Babe's Final Years	179	(16)
In the Company of Babe	195