Babe Ruth Slept Here: The Baseball Landmarks of New York City

by Jim Reisler

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888698152
• ISBN13: 9781888698152
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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 to baseball 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 exciting personalities. 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 a great book.

Captivating journey through history you thought you knew

The author guides the reader on a riveting journey through New York City's fabled baseball history, but not along well-worn paths. Rather, he takes you to the scenes of episodes both famous and forgotten and retells the stories of what happened there, and why it matters. He colors each vignette with fascinating detail (the beaning death of Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is reported from the pitch to Chapman walking off the field to his subsequent collapse; we watch an ailing Lou Gehrig struggle heroically to make a difference working for the Parole Board) . We relive famous moments in baseball history. The book is written with obvious affection for the subject --- Reisler clearly loves baseball --- and in jaunty, exilerating prose. A book to read and savor and pass on to your own kids, this is history at its most intimate and revealing. A home run!