{"product_id":"9798895153482","title":"The Real Ruth: 60 Stories of Playing Ball and Raising Hell with the Babe","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHoyt, Waite; Manners, Tim\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/6\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Joe Posnanski’s \u003ci\u003eWhy We Love Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e and Roger Kahn’s \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the late Waite Hoyt’s long-hidden archives to reveal an intimate, irreverent portrait of his longtime friend and fellow Hall of Famer Babe Ruth. Its sixty stories celebrate the centennial of Ruth’s record-setting 1927 season.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBabe Ruth and Waite Hoyt are trading punches in the Yankees clubhouse. “Sock ’im, Waite! Sock ’im!” And when Manager Miller Huggins tries to stop the fight . . . the gets his peacemaker face punched.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Later, Ruth invites Hoyt to join him for ribs and beer. Just like that, the feud is over.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Real \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth\u003c\/i\u003e, the late Hall of Famer Waite Hoyt takes readers inside the life of his teammate, drinking companion, and friend for thirty years. Drawn from Hoyt’s long-hidden archives by Tim Manners, these sixty stories—one for every home run Ruth hit in his record-setting 1927 season—give us the Babe teammates called “Gidge.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ruth fights. Drinks. Breaks curfew. Butchers the English language. He battles Huggins and resents Lou Gehrig’s growing fame. He visits sick children, gives away money, and turns baseball into a national spectacle. Sixty stories. Sixty home runs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And Hoyt was there for all of it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He takes readers into the clubhouse and on the road with Ruth’s fellow Yankees—including Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Earle Combs, Bob Meusel, and Herb Pennock—and into confrontations with rivals like Ty Cobb. He witnesses the rise of the 1927 Yankees’ fearsome “Murderers’ Row,” Ruth’s greatest feats, his long retreat from glory, and their final lunch together as cancer closes in.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timed to the centennial of Ruth’s sixty-home-run season and the legendary 1927 Yankees, \u003ci\u003eThe Real \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth\u003c\/i\u003e is the Babe as only a man who fought with him, drank with him, played beside him, and mourned him could remember him.","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50865082499327,"sku":"9798895153482","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9798895153482","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}