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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Babe & Me

Gutman, Dan. Babe & Me. NY: HarperCollins, 2000. 163 pages. (Sports)

My book is about a kid “Joe Stoshack” that can go back in time by holding old baseball cards. The only way he can get back to his time is by holding a present time baseball card. He wants to go back in time on game 3 of the World Series, which was the Chicago Cubs vs. the New York Yankees. They do this to win money off of bets with bookies, and autographed baseballs by Babe Ruth so Joe and his dad will be rich. With his dad he goes back in time to see if Babe Ruth called his shot. He tries to make a bet about what will happen during the game so he’ll have a lot of money when he comes back to present time. This is took place at Wrigley Field on October 1, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. Joe gets to spend a day with Babe Ruth during the World Series of 1932. When he does he gets autographs from him, and gets to go to the game where the Babe Ruth supposedly called his shot.

Does Babe Ruth call his shot? Or is it a myth? To find out read this book. I would you recommend this book to someone to read if there into fiction stories about baseball, and most importantly Babe Ruth. This book is a book that you do not want to stop reading because you want to know what happens next. How I selected this book is because I’m a big Babe Ruth fan. He encouraged me to play baseball because of how good he was at baseball.

Reviewed by: Dirkadirk3