Babe Ruth And The Creation Of The Celebrity Athlete
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Babe Ruth And The Creation Of The Celebrity Athlete
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Author : Thomas Barthel
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-07-25
Babe Ruth And The Creation Of The Celebrity Athlete written by Thomas Barthel and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
From his first year in the majors, George Herman "Babe" Ruth knew he could profit from celebrity. Babe Ruth Cigars in 1915 marked his first attempt to cash in. Traded to the Yankees in 1920, he soon signed with Christy Walsh, baseball's first publicity agent. Walsh realized that stories of great deeds in sports were a commodity, and in 1921 sold Ruth's ghostwritten byline to a newspaper syndicate for $15,000 ($187,000 today). Ruth hit home runs while Walsh's writers made him a hero, crafting his public image as a lovable scalawag. Were the stories true? It didn't matter--they sold. Many survive but have never been scrutinized until now. Drawing on primary sources, this book examines the stories, separating exaggerated facts from clear falsehoods. This book traces Ruth's ascendance as the first great media-created superstar and celebrity product endorser.
Babe Ruth Is Coming To Your Town
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Author : Thomas Barthel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Babe Ruth Is Coming To Your Town written by Thomas Barthel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Baseball players categories.
This book rediscovers all the 200+ postseason games Babe Ruth played from 1914-1935 in the continental United States and Canada. Anywhere the money offered satisfied Ruth, he would go. It made no difference if the place was Oil City or Sleepy Eye or Pratt--or Denver of Seattle or Kansas City. The extensive research using local newspapers at each stop show Ruth to be an enthusiastic showman, including stealing bases during the games and giving exhibitions before. He accepted the hospitality in towns by going to dances, eating dinner at the homes of local people. This story has never been told before. in all of the Ruth books before or now in 2018. My other Ruth book, Babe Ruth and the Creation of the Celebrity Athlete, looks at a few barnstorming games, but examines Ruth as brand, while dealing with Ruth as a commodity to be sold to the public.
Babe Ruth
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Author : Kal Wagenheim
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Babe Ruth written by Kal Wagenheim and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered for his dramatic heroism not only on the baseball diamond but also in his life. Kal Wagenheim illustrates this larger than life athlete in his book Babe Ruth: His Life and Legends, and describes him as both a product of his childhood in Baltimore and of his formative years as a New York Yankee. Ruth struggled desperately with the dramatic contrast between the poverty of his youth and the glamour and stardom that his famed career brought him, and although his name became synonymous with wooing women and abusing alcohol, nothing could prevent him from becoming one of history’s greatest athletes.
When The Babe Went Back To Boston
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Author : Bob LeMoine
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-03-24
When The Babe Went Back To Boston written by Bob LeMoine and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-24 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Babe Ruth was 40 and flabby in 1935. His days as a strapping, fearsome home run hitter were behind him. Baseball had flourished into big business through Ruth's swing and swag and didn't need him anymore. His dream was to become a manager but the New York Yankees--a dynasty he helped build--were not interested. But someone wanted him. Judge Emil Fuchs, luckless president of the Boston Braves, had lost a fortune on his perpetually losing team. Desperate to save the club from collapse, he needed Babe Ruth--not the fading slugger but the most famous brand on the planet. This book chronicles the Ruth and Fuchs partnership during a perplexing 1935 season with the 38-115 Braves--truly one of the worst baseball teams in history--along with Ruth's final games, back in the city where he debuted.
Babe Ruth
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-13
Babe Ruth written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-13 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading "I only have one superstition: I make sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run." - Babe Ruth As one of America's oldest and most beloved sports, baseball has long been touted as the national pastime, but of all the millions of people who have played it over the last few centuries, the first name that many associate with Major League Baseball is Babe Ruth, whose career spanned over 20 years on the way to becoming the sport's biggest legend. The Bambino came onto the scene as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, only to be infamously sold to the rival New York Yankees, where he went on to set records for most home runs (714), runs batted in (2,213), walks (2,062), slugging percentage (.690), and on-base plus slugging (1.164). The Sultan of Swat's records would take decades to be surpassed, but he also managed to win more than 20 games as a pitcher for Boston, along with three World Series before heading to New York. Boston wouldn't win another championship for over 80 years after Ruth's departure, a drought famously referred to as "The Curse of the Bambino." As if he wasn't accomplished enough in Boston, Ruth went on to become a pop culture fixture in New York while playing 15 years for the Yankees on some of the sport's most legendary teams. In addition to leading the Bronx Bombers to four World Series during his time there, Ruth set several single season and career records, elevating the team and MLB itself in ways that athletes could hardly dream of today. Ruth's impact could be keenly felt in a 1922 article authored by Heywood Broun, "Cutting the Heart of the Plate," which said of him, "No one ever requires more than one glance to identify Babe Ruth. Even a wholly ignorant person who had never heard of him would probably stop in wonder at the sight of Babe waddling by. It must be clear to all beholders that here is some great, primitive force harking back to the dim days of the race. William Jennings Bryan might well look upon the Babe and recant. To be sure, a certain ingenuity was required to fit just the proper name upon this personality. As George Herman Ruth he might have gone far but he could hardly have reached the heights. The man who made him by the gift of 'Babe' ought to draw a substantial royalty from Ruth's mighty income. But probably no single individual hit upon the happy thought. Undoubtably a mass movement was required. Babe Ruth has all the vigor and vitality of a piece of folk literature." Over a century after his MLB debut, Ruth remains as well known as ever, and people continue to discuss his exploits both on and off the field. Ruth used to wink at his reputation, joking, "I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco." Biographer Leigh Montville described a typical scene after a game: "The outrageous life fascinated [pitcher Waite] Hoyt, the...freedom of it, the nonstop, pell-mell charge into excess. How did a man drink so much and never get drunk? ... The puzzle of Babe Ruth never was dull, no matter how many times Hoyt picked up the pieces and stared at them. After games he would follow the crowd to the Babe's suite. No matter what the town, the beer would be iced and the bottles would fill the bathtub." Given the passage of time, people tend to debate how good Ruth would be today, including most recently a current MLB reliever, Adam Ottavino, who claimed he would strike out Ruth every time. That claim became even more controversial when Ottavino joined none other than the Yankees ahead of the 2019 season, which led to the reliever walking back some of the comments. But even as far back as 1929, Bucky Harris may have foreseen debates of this kind by pointing out, "These other home run hitters are neck and neck. When the Babe was doing his stuff, he was miles ahead of his field."
Seeing Stars
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Author : Dennis J. Frost
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-03-17
Seeing Stars written by Dennis J. Frost and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-17 with Religion categories.
"In Seeing Stars, Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena, the products of both particular historical moments and broader discourses of celebrity. Drawing from media coverage, biographies, literary works, athletes’ memoirs, bureaucratic memoranda, interviews, and films, Frost argues that the largely unquestioned mass of information about sports stars not only reflects, but also shapes society and body culture. He examines the lives and times of star athletes—including sumo grand champion Hitachiyama, female Olympic medalist Hitomi Kinue, legendary pitcher Sawamura Eiji, and world champion boxer Gushiken Yokoō—demonstrating how representations of such sports stars mediated Japan’s emergence into the putatively universal realm of sports, unsettled orthodox notions of gender, facilitated wartime mobilization of physically fit men and women, and masked lingering inequalities in postwar Japanese society. As the first critical examination of the history of sports celebrity outside a Euro-American context, this book also sheds new light on the transnational forces at play in the production and impact of celebrity images and dispels misconceptions that sports stars in the non-West are mere imitations of their Western counterparts."
Babe Ruth Baseball S All Time Best
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Author : James Buckley
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-04-14
Babe Ruth Baseball S All Time Best written by James Buckley and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-14 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
"Learn about the amazing life and accomplishments of Babe Ruth in this entertaining and educational graphic novel"--
Babe Ruth S Own Book Of Baseball
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Author : George Herman Ruth
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1992-02-01
Babe Ruth S Own Book Of Baseball written by George Herman Ruth and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-02-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Babe Ruth remains the most popular player in the history of baseball. The slugger for the New York Yankees established a home run record in the 1927 season, just a year before joining the league of authors. Babe Ruth's Own Book is a who's who of old-time greats—Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and many others. It describes the Babe's rise from poverty to stardom, catching his image and voice as freshly and permanently as pen and ink can. In a no-nonsense style, the Babe describes the ins and outs of the game, touching all bases and loading up the reader with priceless information and advice. The surprise is that so little about the sport has changed except the size of the players' salaries.
Babe Ruth
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Author : Jim Reisler
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2005-12-13
Babe Ruth written by Jim Reisler and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Chronicles Babe Ruth's role in saving baseball in the 1920s after the Black Sox scandal nearly destroyed the credibility of the game, illuminating the combination of skill, bravado, and charm that made him the most famous and beloved player of his generat
Encyclopedia Of Sports Management And Marketing
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Author : Linda E. Swayne
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2011-08-08
Encyclopedia Of Sports Management And Marketing written by Linda E. Swayne and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-08 with Business & Economics categories.
This four-volume set introduces, on the management side, principles and procedures of economics, budgeting and finance; leadership; governance; communication; business law and ethics; and human resources practices; all in the sports context. On the marketing side this reference resource explores two broad streams: marketing of sport and of sport-related products (promoting a particular team or selling team- and sport-related merchandise, for example), and using sports as a platform for marketing non-sports products, such as celebrity endorsements of a particular brand of watch or the corporate sponsorship of a tennis tournament. Together, these four volumes offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the state of sports management and marketing today, providing an invaluable print or online resource for student researchers.