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001 2013045433
003 DLC
005 20150124081705.0
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020 $a9780762785391 (hardback)
020 $a076278539X (hardback)
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aGV865.R8$bS44 2014
082 00 $a796.357092$223
084 $aSPO003030$aSPO003020$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSherman, Ed.
245 10 $aBabe Ruth's called shot :$bthe myth and myster of baseball's greatest home run /$cEd Sherman.
264 1 $aGuilford, Connecticut :$bLP, Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axxxii, 240 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 231-233) and index.
520 $a"Game Three of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees stood locked at 4-4. Some 50,000 fans had gathered at Wrigley Field that bright October day, but above their roar Ruth heard insults pouring from the Cubs' dugout. He watched a fastball from Cubs pitcher Charlie Root set the count at 2-2. Agitated, the Bambino made a gesture, holding out two fingers--but what did it mean? Lou Gehrig heard him call out: "I'm going to knock the next one down your goddamn throat." Then the game's greatest showman pounded Root's next pitch. The ball whizzed past the centerfield scoreboard and began its long journey into history. In an instant, the legend of the Called Shot was born, the debate about what Ruth actually did still dividing fans and sports historians alike more than 80 years later. Deftly placing the homer in the social and economic contexts of the time, Chicago sportswriter Ed Sherman gives us the first full-length, in-depth look at one of baseball's most celebrated and enduring moments--including the incredible stories of two hand-held videos taken by fans and rediscovered decades later--and answers the question: Did Ruth really call his shot? "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees. The legend of the Called Shot was born, but the debate over what Ruth had actually done on the afternoon of October 1, 1932, had just begun"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aRuth, Babe,$d1895-1948$vAnecdotes.
611 20 $aWorld Series (Baseball)$d(1932)
650 0 $aHome runs (Baseball)$vAnecdotes.
610 20 $aChicago Cubs (Baseball team)$vAnecdotes.
610 20 $aNew York Yankees (Baseball team)$vAnecdotes.
650 7 $aSPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / Essays & Writings.$2bisacsh