Babe Ruth Launching the Legend

by Reisler, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780071432436
• ISBN10: 0071432434
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-03
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Babe Ruth is arguably the most popular baseball player ever, and books about him have been huge sellers Jim Reisler is a critically acclaimed baseball historian whose previous books have received praise everywhere from the New York Times and USA Today to ESPN.com and Baseball Weekly

Author Biography

Jim Reisler is the author of three baseball books: Black Writers/Black Baseball, Babe Ruth Slept Here, and Before They Were the Bombers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
``I Can't Turn That Down''
Babe Ruth Becomes a Yankee	1	(14)
``I Still Can't Believe What I Saw''
Legend in the Making	15	(18)
``I'll Show You Some Hitting of the Old Apple''
The 1920 Yanks Take Shape	33	(34)
``A Sofa Cushion on Grant's Tomb''
Play Ball!	67	(14)
``The Most Alarming Menace''
Ruth and the Yanks Hit Their Stride	81	(22)
``They Have Never Seen His Equal''
Ruth Heats Up	103	(24)
``What Counts Is Socking That Ball and Giving It a Ride''
Ruth Becomes the Sports Phenomenon of the Age	127	(22)
``They Came from as Far as Kokomo and as Near as the Bronx''
A Nail-Biting A.L. Race Captivates the Country	149	(32)
``An Accident Pure and Simple''
A Tragic Diversion to the Race	181	(18)
``A Tremendous Concept of Anticipation Fulfilled When the Homer Is Made''
The Babe Is Bigger than Baseball	199	(12)
``Burn My Bridges and Jump Off the Ruins''
The Black Sox Shake Baseball's Core	211	(18)
``Almost as Many Home Runs as Heinz Has Pickles''
A Titanic Blast When Baseball Needed It Most	229	(14)
``I Ain't Gonna Be Leaving for a While Yet''
The Making of the Myth	243	(18)
Appendix Statistics	261	(10)
Bibliography	271	(4)
Index	275