Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life

Along the way he challenged Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs

Along the way he challenged Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a season (hitting 58 in 1938), led the Detroit Tigers to four pennants, fiercely stood up to anti—Semitic slurs, insults, and assaults, and was one of the first major leaguers to enlist in the military at the outbreak of World War II.

Hank Greenberg's extraordinary life in baseball—playing with and against Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Charlie Gehringer, Joe DiMaggio, Dizzy Dean, and Bob Feller—combined the uncommon courage, dignity, strength and, to be sure, humor, in the face of formidable odds.

Acclaim for the award—winning documentary The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg:

"HITS A HOME RUN—Precisely what a documentary ought to be: engaging and revelatory, turning forgotten footnotes and discarded minutiae into the stuff of riveting drama and poignant laughs—" —Dallas Observer

"Witty, insightful, and thoroughly gripping storytelling—the greatest unadulterated movie pleasure of the season." —Los Angeles Daily News

"A grand slam" — The Wall Street Journal

Ira Berkow, who provided linking textual background for Hank Greenberg's autobiography, is an award—winning sports columnist for The New York Times. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and is the author of over a dozen books, including the bestseller Red, a biography of Red Smith.