The Babe Book

Baseball's Greatest Legend Remembered

Ernestine Gichner Miller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2023
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-7498-3 (ISBN)

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His last game was more than seventy years ago, but Babe Ruth remains an American icon—the first superstar of sports. Named the Greatest Baseball Player of the Twentieth 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 his story through this unique collection of engaging anecdotes from the people who knew him and studied him--ballplayers, teammates, managers, sportswriters, radio announcers, historians, family, and friends. Accompanying this unique group of memories and amazing statistics is a special selection of nearly one hundred photographs of memorabilia from the exclusive archives of The Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Babe Ruth’s daughter Julia Ruth Stevens adds a personal note in the book’s foreword.

Babe’s personality and competitive spirit vividly come to life throughout the variety of comments and descriptions in The Babe Book. You will feel the force of his swing, share in his jovial charisma, be touched by his fondness for children, laugh at his caustic humor, and be entertained by his endless energy. This book appeals to ardent baseball aficionados as well as casual sports fan--it’s truly a captivating look at the Sultan of Swat.

Ernestine Gichner Miller was a member of the board of directors and chair of all women’s sport activities at the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum in Baltimore. She is a women’s sports historian and owns an extensive collection of women’s sports memorabilia. Her published works include The Sportswomen’s Daybook, The Art of Advertising, and The ’50s Revisited calendar. She divides her time between New York City and Washington, D.C.

THE BABE BOOK

Contents

Foreword by Julia Ruth Stevensix
Acknowledgmentsx
Introduction1
A Boy in Baltimore5
Ruth the Pitcher17
Sportswriters and Media on the Babe33
Players and Managers on the Babe57
Ballparks, Booze, Boasts, and other "Bits" on Babe77
The Greatest Slugger97
A Force in the Field117
The Historic 60th Home Run123
The Called Shot137
Babe and the Kids149
Ruth's Desire to Be a Manager161
Babe on the Babe167
Babe's Final Years179
In the Company of Babe195

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2023
Vorwort	Julia Ruth Stevens
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
Verlagsort	Guilford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	197 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4930-7498-9 / 1493074989
ISBN-13	978-1-4930-7498-3 / 9781493074983
Zustand	Neuware