Babe Ruth Launching the Legend

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

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

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

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Babe Ruth Launching the Legend

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