Babe Ruth's called shot the myth and myster of baseball's greatest home run /

"Game Three of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees stood locked at 4-4. Some 50,000 fans had gathered at Wrigley Field that bright October day, but above their roar Ruth heard insults pouring from the Cubs' dugout. He watched a fastball from Cubs pitcher Charlie Root set the...

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Main Author: Sherman, Ed.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : LP, Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]
Physical Description: xxxii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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