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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
Fabric Type: 9780786719068
Legal Disclaimer: 0786719060
Maximum Color Depth: Da Capo Press
Metal Type: Da Capo Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 432
Total External Bays Free: February 09, 2007
Total Firewire Ports: Da Capo Press
Da Capo Press
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In an unprecedented look at Babe Ruth's amazing batting power, sure to inspire debate among baseball fans of every stripe, one of the country's most respected and trusted baseball historians reveals the amazing conclusions of more than twenty years of research. Jenkinson takes readers through Ruth's 1921 season, in which his pattern of battled balls would have accounted for more than 100 home runs in today's ballparks and under today's rules. Yet, 1921 is just tip of the iceberg, for Jenkinson's research reveals that during an era of mammoth field dimensions Ruth hit more 450-plus-feet shots than anybody in history, and the conclusions one can draw are mind boggling.
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The first portion of this book is a breezy summary of Ruth's professional career including preseason and other exhibition games. Even if you have read other accounts of the same period, going through this will pleasantly pass the time, though rather more space is devoted to speculation about how long some of Ruth's home runs were than most readers would like, given that in baseball qua baseball the operational definition of home runs does not include length.
The remainder of the book, however, ... Read More
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The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs: Recrowning Baseball's Greatest Slugger
I spent hours reading book reviews written by a number of baseball critics before purchasing this book (two of them.) My son-in-law and husband are baseball fanatics and I knew I needed to find a well informed book to satisfy their tastes.
It hit the mark! Both said it was one of the best books on The Babe they've read. It concerns itself for the most part with his professional life peppered with smatterings of his ... Read More
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The writer is commended for thorough research that without it would have left the intriguing and interesting work without a foundation. As my BoSox Uncle used to say, " The Babe had more showmanship in his little finger that all the rest of the players put together." This excellent contribution keeps the Babe unmatched, forever crowned!
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The author did a incredible amount of research on the subject. His documentation of Ruth's power is amazing. He compares Ruth's production to the modern home run sluggers Bonds and McGuire. An interesting section discusses todays baseball enviornment with that of Ruth's era. Quite significant are the dimensions of those ballparks with what we have today as well as the ground rules that often turned what today would be a home run into a double or triple back then. Todays players enjoy the lifestyle comforts ... Read More
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Its great to be able to read a book that has taken so many , many hours of labor and yielded so much useful information.
After reading the detailed analyses and descriptions in this book it is hard to argue the conclusion that Babe Ruth hit the ball harder and farther than anyone else-- with his much-too-heavy bat reducing bat speed and no weight training, much less artificial enhancements ala MC Quire and Bonds. Even on steroids, the latter two cannot touch the Bambino for 450 foot + shots. ... Read More
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