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SUMMARY:Author Event: Thomas Wolf
DESCRIPTION:Page 158 Books welcomes local author Thomas Wolf for a Sunday afternoon conversation about his book THE CALLED SHOT: BABE RUTH\, THE CHICAGO CUBS\, AND THE UNFORGETTABLE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON OF 1932.\n\nIn 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\nOn-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 regular season ended\, the Cubs and Yankees clashed in what would be Babe Ruth's last appearance in the fall classic. After the Cubs lost the first two games in New York\, the series resumed in Chicago at Wrigley Field\, with Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt cheering for the visiting Yankees from the box seats behind the Yankees' dugout.\n\nIn the top of the fifth inning the game took a historic turn. As Ruth was jeered mercilessly by Cubs players and fans\, he gestured toward the outfield and then blasted a long home run. After Ruth circled the bases\, Roosevelt exclaimed\, "Unbelievable!" Ruth's homer set off one of baseball's longest-running and most intense debates: did Ruth\, in fact\, call his famous home run?\n\nRich with historical context and detail\, THE CALLED SHOT dramatizes the excitement of a baseball season during one of America's most chaotic summers.\n\nThomas Wolf has written numerous articles on baseball history and is the coauthor of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland. He currently lives in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Page 158 Books welcomes local author Thomas Wolf for a Sunday afternoon conversation about his book THE CALLED SHOT: BABE RUTH\, THE CHICAGO CUBS\, AND THE UNFORGETTABLE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON OF 1932.
\nIn 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&mdash\;and yet the world of baseball was marked by the same edginess that pervaded the national scene.
\nOn-the-field fights were as common as double plays. Amid the National League pennant race\, Cubs&rsquo\; shortstop Billy Jurges was shot by showgirl Violet Popovich in a Chicago hotel room. When the regular season ended\, the Cubs and Yankees clashed in what would be Babe Ruth&rsquo\;s last appearance in the fall classic. After the Cubs lost the first two games in New York\, the series resumed in Chicago at Wrigley Field\, with Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt cheering for the visiting Yankees from the box seats behind the Yankees&rsquo\; dugout.
\nIn the top of the fifth inning the game took a historic turn. As Ruth was jeered mercilessly by Cubs players and fans\, he gestured toward the outfield and then blasted a long home run. After Ruth circled the bases\, Roosevelt exclaimed\, &ldquo\;Unbelievable!&rdquo\; Ruth&rsquo\;s homer set off one of baseball&rsquo\;s longest-running and most intense debates: did Ruth\, in fact\, call his famous home run?
\nRich with historical context and detail\, THE CALLED SHOT dramatizes the excitement of a baseball season during one of America&rsquo\;s most chaotic summers.
\nThomas Wolf has written numerous articles on baseball history and is the coauthor of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America&rsquo\;s Heartland. He currently lives in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina.
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