Books like Babe by Robert W. Creamer

A tale of baseball and economics

An inside look at a single season of the Portland Trail Blazers, revealing the dynamics of stars, salaries, media, fans, ethics, drugs, and racial tension in professional basketball.

Roy Hobbs, a once‑gifted baseball star whose career is derailed by a youthful indiscretion, stages an impressive comeback later in life, yet remains haunted by the temptations that threaten his redemption.

An authoritative biography that reexamines the legendary yet controversial Detroit Tigers star, Ty Cobb, tracing his rise to baseball immortality, his complex personality, and the myths that have shaped his legacy.

A coming‑of‑age memoir set in Brooklyn that follows a boy’s youth in the shadow of Ebbets Field, his work as a sportswriter for the Herald Tribune during the Jackie Robinson era, and the eventual paths of the people he knew.

"A journey through the 1949 pennant race, in which two legendary rivals, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, battled down to a winner-take-all final game of the season"--Page [2] of dust jacket.

"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero. In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer reveals the complex man behind the sports legend. From Ruth's early days in a Baltimore orphanage, to the glory days with the Yankees, to his later years, Creamer has drawn a classic portrait of an American original. Annotation. "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."--Babe Ruth Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero. In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer reveals the complex man behind the sports legend. From Ruth's early days in a Baltimore orphanage, to the glory days with the Yankees, to his later years, Creamer has drawn a classic portrait of an American original.

Seventeenth‑year-old Jackie Mitchell becomes history’s first professional female pitcher when she faces Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a 1931 exhibition game.

Richard Ben Cramer’s biography of Joe DiMaggio explores the life of the celebrated Yankees star, revealing his personal triumphs and hidden struggles.

The beloved baseball classic now available in paperback, with a new prologue by Jim Bouton. When Ball Four was first published in 1970, it hit the sports world like a lightning bolt. Commissioners, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and social leper. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And serious critics called it an important social document. Today, Jim Bouton is still not invited to Oldtimer's Days at Yankee Stadium. But his landmark book is still being read by people who don't ordinarily follow baseball. For the updated edition of this historic book, Bouton has written a new prologue, detailing his perspective on how baseball has changed since the last edition was released.

Henry Skrimshander, a baseball star at the small Lake Michigan school Westish College, faces self‑doubt when a routine throw goes awry, unsettling the lives of five people.