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Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
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Item Description...
Overview
Although one of the winningest teams in baseball prior to 1918 with Babe Ruth as their celebrated pitcher, the Red Sox chose to trade him to the Yankees and everything changed, rumors of a curse began to spread, and more than eighty years passed before the Red Sox finally won another World Series. Simultaneous.
Publishers Description
Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst teams in baseball, the New York Yankees. From then on, the Yankees became a golden team. And the Red Sox? For over 80 years, they just couldn't win another World Series. Then, in 2004, along came a scruffy, scrappy Red Sox team. Could they break Babe Ruth's curse and win it all?
David A. Kelly is a lifelong baseball—and Red Sox—fan. Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse is his first book. He lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.
Tim Jessell's art can be seen in many children's books, including the popular Secret of Droon series. For the Random House list, he illustrated Two Hot Dogs with Everything and the covers for Crossroads and Raleigh's Page. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 112
Dimensions: Length: 0.25" Width: 5.25" Height: 7.5"
Weight: 0.2 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Feb 24, 2009
Publisher Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 037585603X
EAN 9780375856037
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Availability 16 units.
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 | Great story and message for readers of any age Jul 9, 2009 |
| Boys and girls who like baseball--or comeback stories--will enjoy this tale of Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox. The story of Babe Ruth and his history with both the Red Sox and the New York Yankees -- and the ups and downs of both teams from 1915 to 2004 -- is told in a fresh and engaging way. The successes of Ruth and the teams are pegged to qualities that anyone can benefit from--taking responsibility for one's actions, working hard and being persistent can reap huge rewards, believing in one's abilities, staying positive. A very enjoyable and informative read. | | | | This is a great book for the die-hard baseball fan or the casual reader. Apr 21, 2009 |
Going, going, gone! Aaron Boone's "walk-off" homer won the game for the Yankees. It was 2003 and they were going to the World Series again. Anyone who knows baseball knows the disappointment of that game for the Red Sox. It has been rumored that ever since they traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 they'd been jinxed. They say that the "Red Sox were doomed to fail because of Babe Ruth and the baseball curse." No kidding!
George Herman Ruth wasn't the luckiest kid in the world. He was so much trouble he got sent away to St. Mary's, a school mostly for orphans and "incorrigible" kids like "Babe." The only thing good about it was that Brother Matthias taught him to play baseball and eventually he signed on with the Sox. He still acted like a kid and claimed he could "burp louder than a tractor." Even if he was kind of childish acting, he was considered to be one of the best pitchers in the world and was getting to be pretty hot in the hitting department. He still was a rule breaker (so what!?) and he was asking a lot of money. Solution? Sell him to the Yankees. It was the start of the "Curse of the Bambino."
And perhaps you know the rest of the story. This is a great story of Babe Ruth, wild and crazy, full of fun and smooth. David Kelly has a real page turning hit here. There are lots of stats for the avid young fan to digest, but even if the reader isn't a die-hard baseball fan the story has a great flow and is fun to read. Did Lee Gavin really break that curse? You'll just have to decide for yourself. | | | Write your own review about Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
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