Baseball Babylon

by Dan Gutman

A look at the real stories behind baseball's most infamous scandals discusses the 1919 Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer Frank Robinson's firearm incident, Babe Ruth's huge sexual appetite, Joe DiMaggio's jealousy, and others. Simultaneous.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

416 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1992

About the author

The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, Dan Gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, Gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. His most popular titles include the time-travel sports book Honus and Me and its sequels, and a clutch of baseball books, including The Green Monster from Left Field. From hopeful and very youthful presidential candidates to stunt men, nothing is off limits in Gutman's fertile imagination. As he noted on his author Web site, since writing his first novel, They Came from Centerfield, in 1994, he has been hooked on fiction. "It was fun to write, kids loved it, and I discovered how incredibly rewarding it is to take a blank page and turn it into a WORLD."

Gutman was born in New York City in 1955, but moved to Newark, New Jersey the following year and spent his youth there.

Reviews

[David Nadelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read with lots of dirt 🖤

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite when I was younger. It combines two of my favorite things crime and baseball.

[Ron Kaplan · Rating 3 out of 5]

anecdotes,culture

[Chris Dean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Lots of great short stories and focuses on forgotten parts of baseball history