The Art of Manliness

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#554: Babe Ruth and the World He Made

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Published October 23, 2019 10:56am

The Sultan of Swat. The Colossus of Clout. The King of Crash. The Great Bambino.

Babe Ruth died over 70 years ago, but his legend still lives on in big league stadiums and little league fields across America. While we know a lot about Ruth's baseball career, little was known about his early life and how it shaped him to become America's first superstar athlete and celebrity. My guest today sought to remedy that in her recently published biography: The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created. Her name is Jane Leavy, and she's a former...

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