Breaking Babe Ruth

Baseball's Campaign against Its Biggest Star

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-05-31
Mått152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSports and American Culture Series
Antal sidor288
FörlagUniversity of Missouri Press
ISBN9780826221605

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