The first baseball book to make the NY Times' best-seller list

September 18, 2007

The Babe Ruth Story, by Babe Ruth and Bob Considine, was the first baseball book to make the prestigious NY Times‘ Bestseller List (July 4, 1948), debuting at #15.

Read the original review, which appeared 0n May 2, 1948 together with Walter Johnson, King of the Pitchers, by Roger L. Treat; Jackie Robinson: My Own Story, by Jackie Robinson as told to Wendell Smith; and The Dodgers: An Illustrated Story of Those Unpredictable Bums, the Brooklyn Baseball Club, by John Durant.

Each was originally available for $3 or less.

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1 * Babe Ruth Baseball Cards September 16, 2008 at 2:44 am

Thanks!

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