All the Babe's Men (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Potomac Books Inc, Dulles, 2013
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Hardcover. 2014 IPPY Award Third Place Winner, Sports Category Why are Americans obsessed with the home run in sports, business, and even life? What made the steroid era inevitable? Revisiting the great home run seasons of Babe Ruth through those of Barry Bonds, All the Babes Men answers these and other provocative questions. Baseball, and particularly the long-ball itself, evolved via accident, necessity, and occasional subterfuge. During the dead-ball era, pitching ruled the game, and home run totals hovered in the single digits. Then, a ban on the spitball and the compression of stadium dimensions set the stage for new sluggers to emerge, culminating in Ruths historic sixty-homer season in 1927. The players, owners, and fans became hooked on the homer, but our addiction took us to excess. As the home run became the ultimate goal for hitters, players went to new lengths to increase their power and ability to swing for the fences. By the time Barry Bonds set a new single-season record in 2001, Americans had to face the fact that their national pastime had become tainted from within. All the Babes Men features the games special long ball seasons from Ruth to Bonds and divulges how baseball became king, America evolved into a home run society, and the contemporary game found itself trapped in a legal nightmare. Why are Americans obsessed with the home run in sports, business, and even life? What made the steroid era inevitable? Revisiting the great home run seasons of Babe Ruth through that of Barry Bonds, All the Babes Men answers these and other provocative questions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- All the Babe's Men (Hardcover)
- Author
- Eldon L. Ham
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc, Dulles
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1597979384
- ISBN 13
- 9781597979382
Baseball evolved in a Darwinian study of fate, accident, necessity, and occasional subterfuge. Babe Ruth clubbed his record sixty homers with a heavier bat than what contemporary sluggers like Sammy Sosa used. Ruth batted low in the lineup, swung freely, and knocked balls over the fences. Other players noticed, like Rogers Hornsby, whose own home run totals went from nine in 1919 to forty-two in 1922. But bat speed has become more important in today’s game. Big league stadiums built in urban areas have compressed the field and sport shorter outfields, compared to the vast meadows where the game was born. The players, owners, and fans became hooked, but our addiction took us to excess.
All the Babe’s Men features the game’s special long ball seasons from Ruth to Bonds and divulges how baseball became king, America evolved into a home run society, and the contemporary game found itself trapped in a legal nightmare.
About the Author
Eldon L. Ham has taught sports law at Chicago-Kent College of Law since 1994 and was one of the first lawyers to challenge the NFL’s drug policy in court. He is the sports legal analyst for WSCR sports radio in Chicago and has appeared on dozens of radio stations coast to coast as a sports lawyer, expert, and historian. He is also the author of The Playmasters: From Sellouts to Lockouts―an Unauthorized History of the NBA, Larceny & Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy of Major League Baseball, and Broadcasting Baseball: A History of the National Pastime on Radio and Television. He lives near Chicago.
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