Babe Ruth's Called Shot: The Myth and Mystery of Baseball's Greatest Home Run, by Ed Sherman
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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 next one down your goddamn throat.” Ruth took a deep breath, raised his arm, and held out two fingers toward centerfield. Root wound up and threw a change-up curve, low and away. The ball compressed on impact with Ruth’s bat and began its long journey into history, whizzing past the centerfield flag pole (estimates put its distance at nearly 500 feet). Ruth practically sprinted around the bases, flashing four fingers at the Cubs: The series was going to be over in four games. In that moment, the legend of the Called Shot was born, but the debate over what Ruth had actually done on October 1, 1932, had just begun.
Babe Ruth's Called Shot: The Myth and Mystery of Baseball's Greatest Home Run, by Ed Sherman- Amazon Sales Rank: #2904598 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.79" h x .70" w x 5.53" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
Review "Highly entertaining and fascinating ... If you know a baseball fan, it's a perfect gift. ... You'll have to read about it yourself."—Chicago Tribune"A fun and accessible history of the Called Shot story."—Library Journal"Nothing makes for better reading than terrific reporting, and few singular moments in sports history have been debated, discussed, and researched with the fervor of Babe Ruth's Called Shot. It took place more than 80 years ago, but it is argued about as if it happened last week. Ed Sherman brings it into sharp focus in a uniquely entertaining and greatly detailed way."—John Feinstein, author of the bestselling A Good Walk Spoiled and Open“Sherman cuts through the hype and hyperbole to deliver the true history of the event, revealing not just what happened but how and why a single at bat became the stuff of legend.”—Glenn Stout, bestselling author of Yankees Century and The Cubs and series editor of Best American Sports Writing"Babe Ruth remains the singular colossus of American sport, and his home run in the fifth inning of Game Three of the 1932 World Series remains the most indelible moment of his career. Ed Sherman takes us back to that afternoon on the North Side, which for so long has remained shrouded in mystery, with this detail-rich biography of the most mythologized at-bat in the annals of the national pastime. Finally we have the definitive account of the so-called Called Shot.—Jeremy Schaap, six-time Emmy Award winner and author of the New York Times bestselling Cinderella Man
About the Author Ed Sherman is co-author of The Great Book of Chicago Sports Lists (Running Press, 2008) and for 27 years was a sports writer for the Chicago Tribune, after which he joined Crain’s Chicago Business, where he now writes a daily sports business blog. He won the Excellence in Sports Journalism Award from the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University, and his work has appeared in Chicago magazine, ESPN.com, and The Sporting News. He lives in Highland Park, Ill., with his wife and two sons.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Disappointing By C L Maybe I expected too much from this book, but there is nothing new here. The matter in question (did BabeRuth predict he was going to hit a homerun by pointing to an area past the outfield fences, then hit a home run?) is not answered here. The first part of the book describes the greatness of Ruth as a baseball man (and he was great, if not the greatest) as well as the Yankees ball club in general. If you are already familiar with Ruth and the Yankees of his era, this section will not light your fire. The second part of the book describes the homerun incident in detail without resolving the main question. The third part prints the opinions of lots of people who were there. If you have never heard of the "called shot" before, this might be interesting to read, but do not expect any questions to be answered.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. "...It's High, It's Long...It's Gone..." By Big D A "Can't Miss Read" for Baseball Fans...Did he or didn't he "call the shot?" Was Babe Ruth pointing toward the centerfield fence as William Bendix did or was he pointing (and jawing) at the Cubs' bench? And what about Cubs pitcher, Charlie Root" Could he have been pointing at him rather than at centerfield? Did he, Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat," intentionally let two perfect strikes go by in order to make the "called shot" even more amazing and magnificent?How much is myth and how much is truth? Certainly something very special happened that day at Wrigley Field in the 5th inning of Game Three of the World Series, but what?All this and more is expertly researched and entertainly presented by Ed Sherman in this, his very best work so far .After this book, there are no more angles to be considered in this truth/legend/myth.In the end nobody knows for sure. Two people can witness the same thing and see it in two different ways. Such is life and such is baseball.As Bob Costas says in the book, whether it actually happened or not is not as nearly important as what it--the fact or the legend--has meant to baseball. The fact that people of that day believed Ruth could have done it is more important than what actually happened. Good stuff, the stuff of which legends are made.Ed Sherman begins his book withs the line from the John Wayne movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: " When the legend becomes fact, print the legend..." And appropriately so.Is the "Called Shot" legend or fact?"Read the book and decide for yourself?It is quite good, quite readable and well worth the effort.Did he or didn't he?That is the question...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Hitting the Bull's Eye By Marvin P. Ferguson Some 50,000 baseball fans gathered at Wrigley Field for Game Three in the 1932 World Series. Then, besides some negative gestures from some fans in the stands about a fastball strike pitched by Cub pitcher, Charlie Root, the Babe gestured by holding up two fingers and mumbling some obscenities under his breath. Lou Gehrig interpreted the Bambino's words to mean: "I'm going to knock the next one right down your...throat." Then a home run ball traveled the long journey past the center field score board. And thus, "The Called Shot" became history that will live on forever.In "Babe Ruth's Called Shot," Chicago sports writer Ed Sherman gives baseball fanatics an in depth look at one of the most celebrated moments in baseball history. Even today baseball fans ponder the question: Did Ruth really call his shot? I like it when athletes make a move after calling their shot and bingo, hitting the bull''s eye. This is an excellent baseball story, I give it five stars, and I'm Marvin P. Ferguson, author of THE UNKNOWN BASEBALL PLAYER.
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