Babe Ruth's Called Shot: The Myth and Mystery of Baseball's Greatest Home Run

by Ed Sherman

Book Overview

The anticipation of another showdown with the Bambino transformed Wrigley Field. Temporary bleachers held the overflow of the 50,000-strong crowd that bright September day. Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees stood locked at 4-4. An angry mob, rocking the ballpark with pent-up fury, aimed itself squarely at him. He had never experienced anything like it. But above the almost deafening noise, the slugger could hear the tide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076278539X
• ISBN13: 9780762785391
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"