The Called Shot – Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major Leag…

The Called ShotBabe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932\nAuthor(s): Thomas Wolf\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803255241, 978-0803255241\nSynopsis\nNamed Best Baseball Book of 2020 by Sports Collectors Digest\n 2021 SABR Seymour Medal Finalist\n\n In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball fans were treated to one of the most thrilling seasons in the history of the sport. As the nation drifted deeper into the Great Depression and reeled from social unrest, baseball was a diversion for a troubled country-and yet the world of baseball was marked by the same edginess that pervaded the national scene.\n\n On-the-field fights were as common as double plays. Amid the National League pennant race, Cubs shortstop Billy Jurges was shot by showgirl Violet Popovich in a Chicago hotel room. When the.