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Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse
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...more
ebook, 112 pages
Published
April 14th 2010
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published February 24th 2009)
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Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse by David Adler is a biography about the famous baseball player Babe Ruth. Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series. This was all because Babe Ruth was the homerun record holding baseball player, but some people on the Red Sox felt that Babe Ruth was too much trouble, and was traded to one of the worst teams in baseball, the New York Yankees. From then on, the Yankees became an amazing team. And the Red Sox didn’t...more
the game has ended the red sox had won the world series and freed the curse! Jason Varitek the boston catcher leapt with excitment into the arms of the pitcher Keith Foulke. The fans held up their signs that said "the curse Is Reversed" for the first time in eghty six years. Boston held the world series trophy over the huddle cried with joy.
I remember as a kid liking the Babe Ruth story from that "Childhood of Famous Americans" series. So this book caught my eye, and though I don't consider myself a baseball fan, I really enjoyed it! The author's descriptions of great moments in game history are full of suspense, but in simple enough vocabulary for early chapter book readers. Age-and-reading-level-appropriate details about Ruth's life, the history of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and the lengendary curse over the Red Sox, as...more
This is a great book that's right for everyone. Baseball, Babe Ruth, the Boston Red Sox--it's perfect!
Feb 06, 2013
BlackhamBoys
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Apr 10, 2012
Jennifer
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