At 11:32 on the morning of November 29th, 1943, Staff Sergeant Eugene Moran knelt in the tail section of a B7 flying fortress…

At 9:42 a.m. on July 14th, 1944, First Lieutenant Evald Swanson sat in the cockpit of a B17G flying fortress nicknamed Mispa, watching…

April 5th, 1925. Asheville, North Carolina. Yankees spring training camp. Ruth does not show up for morning practice. Teammates are worried. Ruth never…

Who is Babe Ruth’s real family? Nobody knows for certain. [snorts] His father, George Herman Ruth, Senior, his mother, Catherine, both from Baltimore,…

Essex Fels, New Jersey. The Sylvester home. October 8th, 1926. Friday morning. An 11-year-old boy lies in bed. His name is Johnny Sylvester.…

November 2nd, 1934, Tokyo. Outside Maji Jingu Stadium, 8:00 in the morning, an elderly Japanese man stands in front of Babe Ruth, former…

Detroit, Michigan. Naven Field, August 18th, 1924. Monday afternoon. Second base. Two outs. Ruth is sliding. Tai Cobb is coming. Both want the…

September 22nd, 1928. St. Louis, seventh inning. Score 2 to2. The beer bottle is airborne, spinning as it comes. Brown glass catching sunlight.…

St. Louis, Missouri. Train station. August 29th, 1925. Saturday morning. Babe Ruth has been drinking all night, gambling, no sleep. He missed the…

Washington DC, Griffith Stadium. Cold spring afternoon 1924. Walter Johnson stands on the mound. Baseball’s fastest pitcher. 4 and 17 wins, 3509 strikeouts.…