Breaking Babe Ruth

Breaking Babe Ruth
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Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780826274090
ISBN-13 : 0826274099
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Book Synopsis Breaking Babe Ruth by : Edmund F. Wehrle

Download or read book Breaking Babe Ruth written by Edmund F. Wehrle and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than as a Falstaffian figure of limited intellect, Edmund Wehrle reveals Babe Ruth as an ambitious, independent operator, one not afraid to challenge baseball’s draconian labor system. To the baseball establishment, Ruth’s immense popularity represented opportunity, but his rebelliousness and potential to overturn the status quo presented a threat. After a decades-long campaign waged by baseball to contain and discredit him, the Babe, frustrated and struggling with injuries and illness, grew more acquiescent, but the image of Ruth that baseball perpetuated still informs how many people remember Babe Ruth to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue.


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