The Big Bam - The Life and Times of Babe Ruth torrent

Leigh Montville
The Big Bam - The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
Read by: Adam Grupper

Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For eighty-five years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. But who was this large, loud, enigmatic man? And why is so little known about his childhood, his private life, and his inner thoughts? In The Big Bam, Leigh Montville brings his trademark touch to this groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the Babe.

Based on newly discovered documents and interviews--including pages from Ruth's personal scrapbooks--The Big Bam traces Ruth's life from his bleak childhood in Baltimore into the record books as the world's most explosive slugger and cultural luminary.

At a time when modern baseball is grappling with hyperinflated salaries, free agency, and assorted controversies, The Big Bam brings back the pure glory days of the game. Leigh Montville operates at the peak of his abilities, exploring Babe Ruth in a way that intimately, and poignantly, illuminates a most remarkable figure.


Leigh Montville, a former columnist at the Boston Globe and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, is the author of the bestselling "Ted Williams", "At the Altar of Speed", "Manute", and "Why Not Us?" He lives in Boston.

Adam Grupper's Broadway credits include Baz Luhrmann's "La Boheme", "45 Seconds From Broadway", "Guys and Dolls" and "Into the Woods". He has appeared in the films "Two Weeks Notice" and "It Runs in the Family", and on television in "The Sopranos", "Third Watch", and "Law and Order: SVU".

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