{"product_id":"babe-ruth-up-close-9780670063055","title":"Babe Ruth (Up Close)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBabe Ruth (Up Close)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Hampton, Wilborn. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780670063055.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabe Ruth is still regarded as perhaps the greatest baseball player ever to step on a diamond. Born into a poor family in Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic reform school at age seven, where he learned how to play baseball. Initially a talented southpaw, the Babe went on to shatter every home-run record on the books?and when fewer games were played in a season and a heavier ball was used. In this engaging and fast-paced biography, award-winning author Wilborn Hampton shares with readers The Babe was also a man of big heart, temper, and appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viking Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44976553590837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0670063053","price":56.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780670063055_0facd456-a0f7-43e2-9fc8-845d8939cb3a.jpg?v=1778668925","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/babe-ruth-up-close-9780670063055","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}