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

by Ed Sherman

Book Overview

Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees stood locked at 4-4. Above the almost deafening noise of the 50,000-strong crowd, Babe Ruth could hear the barbs pouring at him from the Cubs' dugout. He took the first pitch for a strike. Cubs' pitcher Charlie Root threw two balls, and Ruth watched a fastball cut the corner to set the count at 2 and 2. On the on-deck circle, Lou Gehrig heard Ruth call out to Root: "I'm going to knock the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762787872
• ISBN13: 9780762787876
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"