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"I'm proud of my record in baseball," Ruth says, "and I'dbe ungrateful to say otherwise. Every time I drive in a run, everytime I hit a ball over the fence or hear the cheers of the bleacherfans ringing in my ears I get a great kick." Babe's Own Bookstill has a knack for giving readers a kick, as well. --JeffSilverman ... Read more

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I ENCOURGE YOU TO READ THIS BOOK
WELL PEOPLETHERE ARE PLENTY OF BABE RUTH'S BOOKS IN STORE IT TALKS ABOUT THIS BOY GROWING UP IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND HE WANTED TO PLAY BASEBALL HE STARTED OUT WITH THE BOSTON REDSOXTHEN MOVED TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES WELL READ THE BOOK AND YOU WILL FIND MORE FACTS ABOUT HIM ... Read more

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This work contains the heretofore unpublished memoirs of Xaverian Brother Gilbert (a.k.a. Philip F. Cairnes), who is generally credited with being the mentor who steered the Babe to his first professional contract. Ruth was raised by the Xaverian Brothers, a Catholic religious order, at St. Mary's Industrial School from 1902 (when he was only 7) until 1914. These reminiscences begin with Babe Ruth's departure from St. Mary's and concentrate on his early playing years. An historical introduction by the editor of these memoirs, Harry Rothgerber, details the history and relationship that existed between this organization of Catholic educators and the man who was to become the most influential baseball player and greatest slugger who ever lived. Brother John Joseph Sterne, the book's forewordist, recounts a St. Mary's band fundraising trip in which they accompanied the Yankees through the American League cities at the end of the 1920 season. Several heretofore unpublished photos from the Xaverian Order complement the text. ... Read more

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Join the author on a nostalgic and delightful romp through the faces and places, both famous and infamous, that mark New York as the capital of America's national pastime. ... Read more

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Loaded with Mistakes
This is a very unreliable book. I'll offer one example: the article on the original Polo Grounds at 110th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The article gets that location right, and that's about all. (1) Contrary to what the author says, the Metropolitans played at the Polo Grounds from the beginning of the club. (2) The author hasn't figured out which team was which. Jim Mutrie did not call the Metropolitans "giants," and they did not become the Giants. The Giants were a separate team, also organized by Mutrie and his money-man Day. The Mets were around for three years (1880-82) before Mutrie and Day founded the Giants, getting them a slot in the National League while assigning the Mets to the American Association. The Giants started out being called the "New Yorks," or the "Nationals" for their membership in the National League; and they were the ones Mutrie or Day called "giants" and who acquired that as their name. (3) So it's wrong to say that "It turned out that the Polo Grounds also served as home to another local team of note, the Nationals." The Nationals were the same team as the Giants, and they didn't "turn out" to play at the Polo Grounds too--Mutrie and Day decided to have both the Mets and the Giants play at the Polo Grounds from the moment they founded the Giants. (4) The park wasn't a "rectangular sliver of land," which makes it sound much skinnier in one dimension than the other. One side was the crosstown block from 5th to 6th Avenues, one eighth of a mile. The other side was the two uptown blocks from 110th to 112th Street, totalling one tenth of a mile. That is, the park was 528 feet in one dimension and 660 feet in the other--a 4-5 ratio, which isn't much of a sliver; it's not all that far from a square. Elsewhere the author refers to the park's "vast expanse of land," which is correct but makes "sliver" sound even stranger. (5) Further on he tells us that the Mets "joined the American Association in 1882 and the following year, at about the same time they became the Giants, joined the National League." Dead wrong, as we've already seen--they were two separate teams in two separate leagues. (6) Finally, he tells us "A more unfortunate fate awaited the Polo Grounds, which burned down in 1889." This is false. The Polo Grounds met its demise when New York City decided to complete the street grid in that area--much of which had only existed on maps before this--and sent city inspectors to cut down the Polo Grounds fence to make room for 111th Street to pass through. Day and Mutrie fought the city and even got the state legislature to pass a bill granting the Giants a variance and suspending the construction of 111th Street; but the governor, an advocate of local rule, vetoed the bill and the Giants lost their home. This was early in 1889, and it was in that season that the Giants moved uptown to the new park at Coogan's Bluff, which was named the Polo Grounds after the old park even though polo would never be played there. The only Polo Grounds that burned down was one of the versions of the Coogan's Bluff park, which burned in 1911, twenty-two years after the original Polo Grounds ceased to exist. Clearly the author has done some cursory reading in the sources on the old Polo Grounds, but he's misunderstood or forgotten most of what he read, and gets almost the whole story of this first park of the New York Giants wrong.

Worth Reading
There is a lot of history in New York City and the surrounding area, much of it baseball and the author certainly covers it well.Although much of what is in the book can certainly be found in other baseball books it is still a worth while read.I realize it would have added much to the size of the book, but I would have liked to see more pictures such as of the present site of Lou Gehrig's birthplace on page 162 and of The Lambs' Club on page 212.I found a few errors of which a few are inevitable, I suppose.On page 196 the author says Bob Friend was the winning pitcher after the Giants' last game in the Polo Grounds (1957) and nine years later he was the winning pitcher in the first game at Shea Stadium (1964).This would be seven years.On page 73 the name of Billy Jurges was spelled "Jurgez".The most glaring mistake, however, came on page 80 when it is mentioned that Lou Gehrig was honored at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1940. The correct year, of course, is 1939.I would give the book a tough three stars, maybe even closer to four, but that Gehrig mistake really bothered me.

A "must" read for serious baseball fans.
Having borrowed the book from a friend and having read it with great pleasure, it has been placed on my Christmas wish list. It will provide me with a guide on future tours into New York to see the many sites related tobaseball events that Reisler has done such an excellent job of describing.

A wonderful book.
In amusing vignettes, the author takes us from place to place, and from one era to another, in the annals of baseball.Each page opens the reader to entertaining narratives of baseball's interesting locations and excitingpersonalities. A grand slam.

NYC and Baseball a Great Double Play!
Resisler uses crisp, clean prose to lead us on a fascinating tour of New York City sites relating to baseball--from Lou Gehrig's birthplace to where Billy sunday preached to where Rusty Staub served ribs it all here in agreat book. ... Read more

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Pleasant Surprise
I was pleasantly surprised to find out how enjoyable of a read this book was. The cover and the middle school library checkout pouch inside the front cover led me to believe I would be reading a childish quick overview of his life ful of inacuracies. However, I found this book to be very informative about some of the little things in his life most stories i have read just gloss over. The aouthor does not trivialize the things Ruth did like visiting hundereds of sick kids, how he was discovered to be such a good baseball player, and his wantingness to play until he could not play anymore.

This book fills in a lot of story of his life that others leave out. This modest school kids book is well worth the read for any baseball fan and especially any Babe Ruth fans.

Babe Ruth His Story in Baseball
"Ruth thought there was a lot more to baseball than hitting home runs. He was a ball player.This is what the New York Times said about Babe Ruth. Who is Babe Ruth?Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players to ever live!In his career he hit 714 home runs and batted .342 all time.He played for several teams, but the teams he was the most famous for were the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.He was a pitcher and a outfielder.He is one of the few pitchers to ever to be able to pitch and bat really good!
You should read this book if you don't anything about Babe Ruth or if u want to learn more about Babe Ruth.This book tells you a lot of what he did and how all the fans went crazy for him.I recommend this book to any one who loves the game of baseball or loves to read about people. ... Read more

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Tests your knowledge of the years from 1920 to 1945 with multiple-choice questions and quizzes, supplying a wealth of anecdotes and statistics that will inform and entertain any baseball fan. ... Read more

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Chapters: Little League Baseball, High School Baseball in Japan, Babe Ruth League, Diamond Valley Little Athletics Centre, American Youth Soccer Organization, Sports School, Afl Victoria Youth Girls Competition, Junior Orange Bowl, American Youth Basketball Tour, Gymnasiade, Tee Ball, American Youth Football, Fun Fair Positive Soccer, Pop Warner Little Scholars, Pony Baseball and Softball, Img Academies, Children of Asia International Sports Games, Intramural Sports, International Children's Games, Youth Sport Trust, Kwik Cricket, Mutton Busting, Portstewart Eagles, West Side Soccer League, Rmaysa Select Soccer, Rocky Mount Youth Area Soccer Association, Egg and Spoon Race, Sierra Youth Football League. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball, Incorporated) is a non-profit organization in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States which organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world. Founded by Carl Stotz in 1939 as a three-team league in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Little League Baseball encourages local volunteers to organize and operate Little League programs that are annual chartered through Little League International. Each league can structure itself to best serve the children in the area in which the league operates. Several specific divisions of Little League baseball and softball are available to children ages 5 to 18. The organization holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code. The organization's administrative office is located in South Williamsport. The first Little League Baseball World Series was played in Williamsport in 1947. The Little League International Complex hosts the annual ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=432366 ... Read more

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Title: The way we were: the Babe once made an exit like Mike's. (Know It All).(how Babe Ruth's departure from baseball is similar to Michael Jordan's departure from basketball)
Author: Mike Kilduff
Publication: The Sporting News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 26, 2003
Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Co.
Volume: 227Issue: 21Page: 10(1)

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Numbered and Signed by babeball artist Monty Sheldon, limited to 714 copies, in honor of the number of homers`The Bambiono` launched.Packaged in clear acrylic display cube inside collector`s diplay box. The baseball features Babe the pitcher on one side of the ball and Babe swatting a homer on the other. ... Read more

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Chapters: Babe Ruth. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 659. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: MLB Records George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 19141935. Ruth originally broke into the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder and subsequently became one of the league's most prolific hitters. Ruth was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup that won seven pennants and four World Series titles during his tenure with the team. After a short stint with the Boston Braves in 1935, Ruth retired. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ruth has since become regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture. He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". Off the field he was famous for his charity, but also was noted for his often reckless lifestyle. Ruth is credited with changing baseball itself. The popularity of the game exploded in the 1920s, largely due to his influence. Ruth ushered in the "live-ball era", as his big swing led to escalating home run totals that not only excited fans, but helped baseball evolve from a low-scoring, speed-dominated game to a high-scoring power game. In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth number one on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players". In 1999, baseball fans named Ruth to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Play...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4173 ... Read more