Babe Ruth is an American hero. He transformed baseball from a sport, to a national pastime when it needed it the most. Coming off of the wake of the Black Socks scandal, baseball was headed downhill. It had a bad reputation, and interest was waning. The dead-ball era was dragging on, and there were to few baseball 'purists' left to support it. Baseball was in search of a new audience, and Babe Ruth handed it …showed first 75 words of 1028 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1028 total…that would do this in far fewer pages, and most would probably consider this book boring with it's many little story's it delves into with great detail. However for the baseball enthusiast who has time on his hands, or for someone who just can't get enough of Babe Ruth; I strongly recommend this book as the most informative piece of work on the Greatest Baseball Player to have walked the earth, George Herman (Babe) Ruth.